Once a migratory highway, the Darien Gap has been left empty under Trump crackdown
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A stray dog walks in an empty migrant reception center that used to receive hundreds of people every day after they crossed the Darien Gap on their journey north to the United States, in Lajas Blancas, Panama, Sunday, April 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)FILE - Children play at a migrant camp in Lajas Blancas, Panama, after walking across the Darien Gap in hopes of reaching the U.S., Sept. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)A migrant reception center that received hundreds of people every day after they crossed the Darien Gap on their journey north to the United States, stands empty in Lajas Blancas, Panama, Sunday, April 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)FILE - Migrants gather at a temporary camp in Lajas Blancas, Panama, June 27, 2024, after crossing the Darien Gap from Colombia. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)Facilities stand empty at a migrant reception center that once received hundreds of people daily after they crossed the Darien Gap on their journey north to the United States, in Lajas Blancas, Panama, Sunday, April 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)FILE - A migrant who walked across the Darien Gap from Colombia stands amid tents at a temporary camp in Lajas Blancas, Panama, June 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)An court stands empty in Lajas Blancas, Panama, Sunday, April 6, 2025, where migrants used to camp out after crossing the Darien Gap on their journey north to the United States. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)FILE - Migrants arrive to Lajas Blancas, Panama, after trekking across the Darien Gap from Colombia in hopes of reaching the U.S., Sept. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)The riverbank where hundreds of migrants used to disembark daily, after crossing the Darien Gap on their journey north to the United States, in Lajas Blancas, Panama, Sunday, April 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)FILE - Venezuelan migrant Jorbys Ocampo rests inside a tent in a temporary camp after crossing the Darien Gap from Colombia in Lajas Blancas, Panama, June 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)A migrant reception center that received hundreds of people every day after they crossed the Darien Gap on their journey north to the United States, stands empty in Lajas Blancas, Panama, Sunday, April 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)FILE - Migrants rest at a camp after walking across the Darien Gap from Colombia in hopes of reaching the U.S., in Lajas Blancas, Panama, Sept. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)A migrant reception center that used to receive hundreds of people every day after they crossed the Darien Gap on their journey north to the United States, stands empty in Lajas Blancas, Panama, Sunday, April 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)FILE - Migrants wait in the rain outside an immigration post after trekking across the Darien Gap, in Lajas Blancas, Panama, Nov. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)Facilities stand empty at a migrant reception center that once received hundreds of people daily after they crossed the Darien Gap on their journey north to the United States, in Lajas Blancas, Panama, Sunday, April 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
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A stray dog walks in an empty migrant reception center that used to receive hundreds of people every day after they crossed the Darien Gap on their journey north to the United States, in Lajas Blancas, Panama, Sunday, April 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)