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#Panama: #DarienGap: The Red Cross hands out maps and travel brochures for the trek into the US. MichaelYon/locals.com

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🗓️ 23 April 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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#Panama: #DarienGap: The Red Cross hands out maps and travel brochures for the trek into the US. MichaelYon/locals.com

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/400000-migrants-cross-darien-gap-2023-98574235


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0:00.0

This is the Friends Vista Debating Society.

0:04.9

I'm John Batchett with my colleague, Michael Jan, who's in Panama City.

0:09.4

Reporting on again, his trips to the Darian province of Panama, the southernmost province

0:17.0

of Panama, which borders Colombia.

0:21.7

But the important distinction is, there's a break in the Pan American Highway for 60 miles.

0:28.5

A break is called the Darian Gap for Darian province and for the Gap.

0:33.1

It's a triple canopy jungle, extremely dangerous, a very high and difficult mountains to climb.

0:40.6

Steve Cliffs to descend, mud in season, rivers that can wash away campers immediately.

0:49.4

And bad actors, really bad actors, marauders from Colombia and from Panama.

0:56.3

But at the same time, the camps are growing to the extent that they appear to be organized.

1:01.9

And Michael's provided me in English a document that he and Michael reports is being handed out.

1:09.8

Where, Michael, where is this document from and how, how do other, how, how widely has it distributed?

1:17.6

That very widely, that big map that I showed you that I've got right here actually came from Red Cross.

1:23.8

Interestingly, last week when, you know, we're in several of the camps where they're handing this out like Los Blancas and San Vicente.

1:31.4

At one tent, one of the gentlemen I've brought down Anthony Rumin, did some great work.

1:37.4

He was getting one of the Red Cross maps.

1:40.0

And Red Cross lady tried, she whipped out some scissors and tried to cut off the Red Cross emblem.

1:45.2

She didn't want anybody to know that the map came from Red Cross.

1:48.8

They know they're doing dirt.

1:50.4

They're handing out the maps.

1:51.6

They know they don't want their name on the maps and yet they print them on the maps.

1:55.1

And these maps are, you've seen the map.

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