TO GO WITH AFP STORY by Lina VANEGAS and VIDEO by Juan RESTREPO
Migrants, mostly from Venezuela, remain in a shelter in Acandi, Colombia, close to the Darien Gap, a jungle shared by Colombia and Panama, before continuing their journey towards the United States in hope of a better life, on September 19, 2023. An impregnable jungle and the world's largest cocaine cartel are the terror of migrants in Colombia. The border with Panama is both a difficult dike to cross and an opportunity to make money at the expense of the American dream. South Americans, Africans and Asians make their way village by village to the Darien, a hellhole on a paradisiacal gulf that gives its name to Colombia's largest narco-trafficking gang: the Clan del Golfo, or Gulf Clan. Lord and master of this region located in the departments of Antioquia and Chocó. (Photo by Raul ARBOLEDA / AFP)