The Colombian people of Necoclí, a daily basis of hundreds of immigrants to Darién, have seen in the early 2025 a significant decline in the flow of people who seek to cross this dangerous jungle to follow their way to the United States
The Colombian port of Necoclí, the first point of entry to the dangerous immigration route that crosses the Darién jungle, in search of reaching Central America to the United States, has seen a notorious reduction in the flow of travelers.
The boats, the town and some of their beaches, where migrants arrived after many kilometers of travel from their countries of origin, are practically empty.
The constant flow of migrants around the world that reached this point with the intention of crossing this dangerous jungle, full of impenetrable rivers and mountains, collapsed weeks ago, says Víctor Gómez, owner of a barge that was in charge of taking to The migrants to Acandí and Capurganá, the two Colombian towns that serve as a gateway to Darien.
«The theme of migration has been falling considerably. The backdrop is Trump, for the policies it has been establishing. Just as he did in the first presidential term, but migration is not going to end, ”Gomez told the Voice of Americawhile his boat to go to Acandí with a single migrant on board and some tourists.
“The truth of the case is that right now we are living a reality where there has been a downturn, I have said that 95%,” he says.
From his first day back to the White House, the president of the United States, Donald Trump, promised to launch the largest operation of mass deportations of irregular migrants, signing a series of executive orders with the intention of deporting more than 11 million of people who do not have legal statute.
On Friday, February 7, the main official of the United States National Security Department (DHS), Kristi Noem, arrived at the Guantanamo Bay Detention Center to visit the US Naval Base in Cuba, one day after sending a second Flight of “illegal foreigners of high threat” to be held there.
National Security officials said that the 10 immigrants who arrived on Tuesday were members of the Aragua Train, a Venezuelan gang with transnational reach. The officials did not say when or how they were arrested for the first time.
The White House has announced plans to designate the Aragua train as a foreign terrorist organization.
The fear and uncertainty generated by the migratory policies of the American mandate have paralyz of the Trump administration debate.
«The final destination for us was the United States. It is a dream that we have had since migration began. We are in mind that it is difficult, that it is risky, but we do everything because in Venezuela we went a lot of hunger and needs. And then, each with that dream that we want better every day and achieve our dreams, ”Marín tells Voa.
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«My dream is to get there and work. We ask Trump all my heart that he softens the heart, because we, migrants, as people, we have heart, we want a future, we have dreams, ”he added.
The Necoclí dock, located in the Gulf of Urabá, in the Colombian Caribbean, had up to 22,000 migrants damaged in this town of some 40,000 inhabitants. In addition, according to the Ombudsman of Colombia, more than 400 thousand people crossed the Darién cap last year.
«We have a reduction, landing it to figures, in a percentage of approximately 90%. If we make a comparison of the migratory flows of the 2024, January 2024 vs. January 2025, we just found that reduction in the percentage that I just pointed out, ”said Johann Wachter, secretary of Necoclí government.
“In 2024, approximately 26,000 people crossed our territory and, as of January 30, 2025, crossed approximately two and a little more migrants through the territory,” he added.
Panama revealed, within the framework of the recent visit of the Secretary of State of the United States, Marco Rubio, to that country, that the flow of irregular migrants through the Darién plug was reduced by 94% in January of this year, compared to comparison The figures presented in 2024.
*Journalism in Venezuela is exercised in a hostile environment for the press with dozens of legal instruments arranged for the punishment of the word, especially the laws “against hatred”, “against fascism” and “against blockade.” This content was written taking into consideration the threats and limits that, consequently, have been imposed on the dissemination of information from within the country.
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