Panama Sends Its Navy After ‘Irregular’ Migrants

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Less than two weeks after Panama’s leader vowed to shutter the perilous Darien Gap, the Panamanian government has taken another step to crack down on the 66-mile jungle route used by migrants to cross over into Central America from Colombia. The country’s Ministry of Public Security on Thursday announced that its Senafront border agency has erected barbed wire along at least five portions of the route, reports CNN. The nation’s navy is also keeping tabs on vessels in the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean, with strict instructions to detain anyone with “irregular migrants” in their boats and hand them off to authorities. more