(8 Nov 2024)
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Bajo Chiquito, Panama – 8 November 2024
1. Various of migrants having their belongings checked by Panama security forces
2. Various of migrants near their tents inside migrant camp
3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Jesús Chávez, Venezuelan migrant:
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"For the family, everything, I left my children in Venezuela for their well-being. We just found out in the jungle that Donald Trump had won, but we keep going forward. We are going to keep moving forward, see what happens between these months, and God willing, arrive in Tapachula as soon as possible to cross to the United States between November and December."
4. Various of Venezuelan migrant Jesús Chávez, talking with fellow migrants
5. Migrant walking inside migrant camp
6. Wide of migrant camp adorned with Panamanian flags
STORYLINE:
A few days after Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election, the influx of migrants arriving in Panama to head north through the Darien Jungle remained steady.
The arrivals continue despite Trump’s pledge to tighten border security during his time in office.
Jesús Chávez, a 34-year-old pastry chef from Barquisimeto, Venezuela, arrived at Bajo Chiquito village on the edge of the Darien jungle on Friday.
He was traveling with five others, a mix of friends and family.
They had all left Venezuela last Saturday with the goal of reaching the United States.
He said the group had waited in Venezuela for the results of July’s presidential election, but after President Nicolás Maduro was declared winner despite evidence that he had lost, they decided to leave.
They entered the Darien Gap Tuesday and heard about Donald Trump’s presidential victory while still trudging through the jungle.
Chávez stressed they would keep moving forward to get to the southern Mexican city of Tapachula as soon as possible "to cross to the United States between November and December" ahead of Trump’s inauguration in January.
In Bajo Chiquito, migrants can buy food, and rent rooms, hammocks, or spaces to pitch their tents.
There is WiFi and NGOs offering medical care.
Venezuelans make up the majority of the migrants here, but migrants from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Bangladesh also passed through on Friday.
AP video shot by Matías Delacroix
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