I'm John Bacheljan, who's returned from another foray into the triple-canopic jungle called

the Darian Gap, which is filled with dangers. He's been traveling with two members of Congress,

but right now I want to know what he's learned about this increased flow of migrants coming through

the gap, a border that is closed, Michael. The centerfront are competent and extremely rigorous

and professional. You've reported that for weeks. If they wanted to close the border, they could. So

perhaps the talk of closing the border is political and it isn't factual. You've met hundreds of

migrants coming through. Was there any new detail about where they're coming from? We can name Cuba,

we can name Haiti, we can name Venezuela. I know we can name Congo. We've talked about Nepal.

Did you meet any new people from countries you hadn't heard of before, Michael?

Oh, so many things. I mean, Yemenis, people from Somalia, Bangladesh, quite a lot,

Pakistanis. One thing that was really interesting this time, the doctors without borders from

Colombia, but he was in Bajajikito in Panama. Two days ago, he told me about, for instance,

10 Indians came in and they came through very healthy. They were very prepared. They had all the

right kit, the right gear, that sort of thing. They didn't need anything. They still had energy

because they came through like a unit. We saw also two Cubans. They were young, fit. They had

military gear. They had military rucksacks. They were boots where everything was proper about them.

They were in good shape. They were limping. We chatted with them just for a couple minutes and

they went to bathe in the river. There are some interesting people coming through here. Who are

these two Cubans? We didn't have chance to talk with them much because there were some other

things going on. There are many interesting people coming in. Russians have come in recently.

I haven't met the Russians, but numerous people have told us about Russians coming in.

Roughly, I would say 80 countries.

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