Shocking Numbers as Migrants Overrun Panama's Darién Gap

A Venezuelan migrant and her child begin the trek through the Darién Gap. The trek across the roadless jungle takes two to three days. Global Sisters Report | Manuel Rueda

Central America is under assault, as up to 8,000 migrants per day are flooding Panama’s Darién Gap on their journey up to the open border of the United States, says Ben Bergquam, of Real Americas Voice News. One of our nation’s top border correspondents, Ben was invited back to Panama by the Panamanian government to expose the real situation on the ground as Panama has been overrun. The inhumane and out of control situation of thousands of migrants per day flooding the Panamanian jungles as they cross in from Colombia is a tragic one. From the damage to the countryside with mountains of debris and garbage strewn across the landscape and washed out onto the shorelines, to dramatic changes in the jungle elevations and damage to the riverbanks from the millions traversing the deep jungle terrain, this is truly an environmental disaster as well. Ben’s dramatic videos on the anniversary of 9/11 are mind-blowing as they show that in the Darién Gap, Lajas Blancas, Darien, Panamá, has been completely overwhelmed. Over 4,000 people in one day all heading to America because of the invitation that Joe Biden, Secretary Mayorkas and the Democrats have sent to the world.

This is Ben Bergquam’s third trip into Panama’s Darién Gap to share this dire situation with the world. On his last venture into the jungle, Ben and his camera crew were caught in a firefight between Panama’s Senafront Special Forces and a Colombian Gulf Cartel unit, who were raping women and robbing people on their way up to the U.S. border. I interviewed Ben this past week prior to his journey back to Central America and at that time he had information that in a span of just 16 days, over 38,000 people came through the Darién Gap. But now the numbers have exploded exponentially. Bergquam observed that earlier this week he noticed about 116 boats with migrants along the shoreline, about six times the volume he witnessed on previous trips.

In my recent conversation with Ben, he stated,”Now we have three pathways into the U.S. They said they would make it better after Title 42 went away……but all it has done has added incentives for people to come. If you don’t want to wait for the [CBP 1 App], you can still come across illegally. If you are set for deportation under Title 8 all you have to do is appeal your deportation, you’re automatically given a stay of deportation. You’re invited in, you are handed off to the NGO’s that are profiting billions of dollars off of this, or you can just pay the cartels and you’re smuggled in through places like Sasabe and the Tucson sectors of Arizona.” Bergquam claims that alot of NGO organizations like Catholic Charities, Lutheran Social Services, among hundreds of others, are on the ‘gravy train’ receiving billions per year and are by default, working with the cartels to undermine American sovereignty.

The Washington Examiner is reporting that there were “182,401 apprehensions nationwide in August, nearly double the 100,611 non-U.S. citizens apprehended in June, the first full month after Title 42, a pandemic public health policy, was out of effect and Border Patrol agents were no longer permitted to turn back illegal immigrants immediately.” The numbers are staggering as “At the southern border alone, the estimated 179,000 apprehensions were far above 99,539 in June and 132,652 in July. The numbers speak to the challenges that the Biden administration has had managing America's borders since first taking office nearly 32 months ago. Illegal crossings surged from roughly 75,000 per month in each of the final months of President Donald Trump's administration and swelled to more than 200,000 after Biden took office and reversed Trump's immigration policies.”

The world knows that Joe Biden and the Democrats have invited this and they are not doing anything to stop it, and it’s free money and its basically, “You won the lotto, so they are all coming.” The facts do not lie. What we are witnessing is an unmitigated disaster and it appears it will get much worse until at least 2025. America should brace for impact.