10 Percent of Migrants Who Enter Darien Gap Don’t Survive: War Correspondent

Roughly 10 percent of migrants who journey on the seven- to 10-day walk through the inhospitable Darien jungle, which extends into Panama from Colombia, don’t survive, according to war correspondent Michael Yon.

War correspondent Michael Yon in an interview for EpochTV's "Crossroads" program on July, 2020. Screenshot via EpochTV

Roughly 10 percent of migrants who journey on the 7- to 10-day walk through the inhospitable Darien jungle, which extends into Panama from Colombia, don’t survive, according to war correspondent Michael Yon.

Yon, an investigative journalist and war correspondent who has spent three months interviewing people who’ve made the perilous trek through the Darien Gap, says the journey is full of dangers, including being robbed, getting caught up in flash floods, muddy waters, falling off cliffs, and contracting yellow fever or cholera.