120,000 minors crossed Darien Gap last year in bid to reach US

Ecuadorians and Haitians were the next biggest groups, while over 25,000 Chinese citizens also took on the trek.

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A migrant carrying his baby crosses the Tuquesa river near Bajo Chiquito village, the first border control of the Darien Province in Panama. (Photo by AFP)
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Record numbers of migrants crossing the hostile Darien gap jungle in 2023 included 120,000 minors, the Panama government said Monday.

The year ended with 520,085