The President of Panama, José Raúl Mulino, referred to the closure of the Darién gap crossing as “mission accomplished” and reiterated the drop in the flow of migrants through this region.

Mulino explained in his weekly press conference on Thursday, April 24, that so far this month only “73 migrants have crossed the Darién River on their way to North America, compared to 194 who had done so in March, or 29,259 who did so in April of last year, which represents a 99.7 % drop compared to 2024.”

He referred to the closure of the Darién as part of Panama’s migration policy, “a policy that has been implemented with great effort.” According to official data, 2,904 migrants have crossed the area so far in 2025, “compared to more than 126,000 during the same period last year.”

Regarding the reverse flow—that is, those who return due to US immigration measures—Mulino indicated that the figure is 7,757: “2,319 so far in April, compared to 2,804 in March.”

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José Raúl Mulino indicated in a recent intervention that he will deport migrants who cross the Darién jungle, in the border area with Colombia, in their desire to reach USA.

During a speech at the event in which the National Scrutiny Board formally proclaimed him as the next president for the period 2024-2029, Mulino declared: “To finish the Darién Odyssey, which has no reason to exist (…), we will begin with help international repatriation process with full respect for the human rights of all the people who are there.”

According to migration data, 520,000 people, mostly Venezuelans, crossed the Darién jungle in 2023. The Panamanian government has been forced to provide assistance to these migrants. Official figures determine that in the first quarter of 2024 more than 110,000 people have crossed this area.

Mulino had announced on April 16, in a campaign walk, his intention to “close” the Darién, the jungle border of 266 km in length and 575,000 hectares in surface, which in recent years has become a corridor for the migrants from South America trying to reach the United States.

Mulino, who is due to take command in Panama on July 1, had already spoken about closing Darién during his campaign. Now, on this delicate matter, he added: “So that those from there [in South American nations] and those who would like to come here know, that whoever arrives here will return to their country of origin.”

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