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#DarienGap: Afghans, Iraqis, Libyans, Algerians,, Chinese, Africa Arabic speakers, Africa French speakers from Burkina Faso, more, enroute to the Mexican border. @Michael_Yon

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🗓️ 18 September 2023

⏱️ 14 minutes

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#DarienGap: Afghans, Iraqis, Libyans, Algerians,, Chinese, Africa Arabic speakers, Africa French speakers from Burkina Faso, more, enroute to the Mexican border. @Michael_Yon

https://x.com/michael_yon/status/1702037813749813499?s=61&t=p8MRaatq9pVVjBrMnwK2iA

1927 Darien

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0:00.0

This is the Friends of History Debating Society.

0:03.6

I'm John Bachelors with my colleague, Michael Yon.

0:05.8

He is in the Darian province.

0:07.8

He's at the end of the Darian gap, the 60 miles of triple canopy jungle up and down

0:12.6

very dangerous, crossing rivers, flash floods, floods, lots of rain, his rainy season, and

0:20.4

the mud.

0:21.4

You must go up and down cliff sides in mud, and then cross rivers or cross the parts of

0:28.1

rivers that are extremely fast, very fast, a lot of rapids.

0:32.4

However, once you reach the Darian gap where Michael is now, you have a road forward all

0:40.6

the way to the Mexican border with the United States.

0:44.2

You have to travel by bus, by foot, by train, all the way through.

0:49.4

You keep passing through, but last this year, Homeland Security announced that there would

0:57.0

be an intention to reduce the flow of refugees to Panama Canal, at Panama Gap, at the Darian

1:04.0

Gap, and Michael indicated the center front was ready to, in some fashion, control the

1:09.9

border.

1:10.9

To my understanding, neither has happened.

1:12.8

Have you been updated, Michael, does Panama want to control the border?

1:16.3

Does the U.S. want the border control, the Darian Gap border?

1:19.9

I mean, it's clear that the U.S. is facilitating the invasion here through Panama.

1:26.0

I mean, it's amazingly obvious, I mean, there's emblems with our flag all inside these

1:33.2

camps, all over the place, I've made many photos, right?

1:35.8

I mean, we're clearly funding it, openly funding it.

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