TURBO, Colombia — The Venezuelan migrants had crossed a treacherous jungle and all of Central America. They had waited in Mexico for months for a chance to head north and enter the United States.

One of those speed boats zipped through dense jungle-cloaked rivers near the Colombia-Panama border on ... so they wouldn't have to take the deadly trek through the Darien Gap.

Of the 40 troops in La Araucanía, 23 were trained in Colombia, of which 15 received the “Jungle” course this year. The rest had gone to the coffee country in groups of two people, since 2007.

Months after trekking through the treacherous jungle between Colombia and Panama, Saudy Palacios abandoned her hopes of a new life in the United States and joined other migrants going home to ...

AFP-PAUL MONTENEGRO Months after trekking through the treacherous jungle between Colombia and Panama, Saudy Palacios abandoned her hopes of a new life in the United States and joined other ...

PUERTO CARTÍ, Panama — They once braved the jungles of the Darien Gap, trekking days along ... boats zipped through dense jungle-cloaked rivers near the Colombia-Panama border on Sunday ...