#Darian Gap migrant route documentary

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The Darien Gap is the world's most dangerous migrant route. CNN chronicled 5 days on the route April 20,2023

"There's only one way to walk from South to Central America — a route so fraught with danger that no one with any other option would choose it. It's called the Darien Gap, 66 miles of treacherous mountains, mud and jungle. Yet last year a quarter of a million people attempted the crossing.

The U.S. government recently pledged that its intelligence forces will assist Colombia and Panama to dismantle the smuggling rings that operate the Gap. But for now, the numbers are growing.

CNN chief international correspondent Nick Paton Walsh recently made the trek, chronicling the journey in a mini-documentary called "The Trek: A Migrant Trail to America." He joins host Robin Young to talk about the trek, and the policies and corruption that fuel it.

LISTEN 09:26 https://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2023/04/20/darien-gap-migrant-route

(Part 2) The Trek: A Migrant Trail to America | The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper

CNN’s Nick Paton Walsh, travels with a group of migrants as they make the arduous trek on foot through Central and South America. The journey through the Darien Gap is a perilous jungle crossing between Colombia and Panama that many migrants must face as they head north to seek asylum in the United States. Over five harrowing days, Paton Walsh hikes the full 66-mile roadless route, documenting the heroism of everyday people, milked for cash by drug cartels and unwanted by any country, as they battle the dense rainforest in search of a better life. Watch 'The Whole Story With Anderson Cooper' Sundays at 8PM ET on CNN.

Watch all parts of the documentary here: Part 1: https://bit.ly/3mEkOBC Part 2: https://bit.ly/3KJTDNO Part 3: https://bit.ly/40epxYc Part 4: https://bit.ly/3GJDTcw Part 5: https://bit.ly/3oeKLbk #NickPatonWalsh #TheWholeStory #andersoncooper