Venezuelan migrants trek brutal Darien Gap

Large crowds of migrants continued their journey across parts of Colombia's Darien jungle on Saturday, aiming to reach the United States despite Washington's expansion of asylum restrictions to Venezuelans. The Biden administration announced recently it will grant 24,000 humanitarian permits, a fraction of the more than 107,000 who have entered Panama in 2022.

The announcement also said that Venezuelans arriving by land at the Mexico-U.S. border would be returned. The announcement hasn't deterred many migrants who hope to reach U.S. soil. About 80% of the migrants who were traveling were Venezuelan, another 20% were from Ecuador, with the remainder being from other countries, including Cameroon. After crossing Darien's Gap, the migrants were heading by land up Central America through Mexico toward the U.S.