Isa patay matapos lumubog ang isang migrant boat sa Colombia
Migrants are transported by boat from Bajo Chiquito, the first border checkpoint in Panama’s Darien province, to the Migrants Reception Station in Lajas Blancas on September 21, 2023. The clandestine journey through the Darien Gap usually lasts five or six days, at the mercy of all kinds of bad weather. More than 390,000 migrants have entered Panama through this jungle so far this year, far more than in all of 2022, when there were 248,000, according to official Panamanian data. (Photo by Luis ACOSTA / AFP)
Isa ang namatay nang lumubog sa Caribbean coast ng Colombia, ang isang bangka na may lulang 18 undocumented migrants.
Ayon sa migration office ng Colombia, 15 katao ang nasagip na ang anim dito ay mga bata.
Wala nang detalye tungkol sa dalawang iba pa na lulan din ng bangka.
Nangyari ang insidente malapit sa mga isla ng San Andres at Providencia, malapit sa border ng Colombia at Nicaragua.
Sinabi ng military officials na nagpapatuloy ang search and rescue operation ng navy rapid reaction units kasama ng air force.
Noong Mayo, nagpatupad ang Washington ng sanctions sa Nicaragua, at inakusahan itong sangkot sa trafficking ng undocumented migrants na naghahangad na makarating sa Estados Unidos.
Una nang sinabi ng Colombia, “Migrants are increasingly using a clandestine route between San Andres and Nicaragua to avoid the dangerous crossing through the Darien jungle between Colombia and Panama, heading north through Central America and eventually to Mexico and the US border.”
