The Times podcast: Life and death in the Darién Gap
Immigrant families from Haiti climb a steep mountain trail near the border with Panama on the second day of their trek through the Darién Gap in Colombia. The 66-mile passage through dense rainforest and mountains is considered the most difficult stretch for migrants traveling from South America to the United States.
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To get to the U.S. border from South America, Haitians have to trek through an isolated stretch of jungle called the Darién Gap. In the latest episode of “Line in the Land,†a podcast produced by the Houston Chronicle and Texas Public Media, Haitian migrants take listeners with them on a jungle journey like no other. Read the full transcript here.
Hosts: Joey Palacios and Elizabeth Trovall
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This remote sliver of northwest Colombia is one of the world’s busiest migration corridors
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