At Least 39 Migrants Die in Bus Crash Off Panama Cliff

At Least 39 Migrants Die in Bus Crash Off Panama Cliff
Rescue teams work at the site of the accident of a bus, which was carrying migrants who had traveled through the Darien gap, in Los Planes de Gualaca, Panama, on Feb. 15, 2023. Stringer/Reuters
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PANAMA CITY—At least 39 have died in Panama after a bus carrying more than 60 migrants fell off a cliff early on Wednesday, the country’s migration authorities said, marking the worst migration accident in the Central American country’s history.

The bus, carrying migrants who had travelled through the Darien Gap, a stretch of jungle that connects Colombia to Central America, was heading towards a shelter located in the western coastal province of Chiriqui, which borders Costa Rica.