(MENAFN- The Rio Times) The Darién Gap, a perilous jungle between Colombia and Panama, has witnessed a sharp decline in Chinese migrant crossings. Panama's immigration authority reported only 124 ...

Jesús Chávez, a 34-year-old pastry chef from Venezuela, arrived to a village at Panama’s edge of the Darien jungle.

The number of migrants crossing the Darien Gap — a rugged jungle passage between ... The numbers also included Colombians, Ecuadorians, Chinese and dozens of other nationalities.

It was part of a larger Pan-American trip that was scheduled to last six months - with half of that time allocated to getting through the Darien gap.

“We didn’t see any hope,” Chávez said. They entered the Darien Gap Tuesday and heard about Donald Trump’s presidential victory while still trudging through the jungle. “We’re trying ...