Trump Effect: Venezuelan Migrants Pay Panamanian Smugglers for Boat Ride Home
Randy Clark26 Feb 202583
A report from the Panamanian government’s national border service, Senafront, indicates migrants are now employing the same boat smugglers who once ferried them from Colombia to Panama to return them home. The Panamanian agency refers to the process as “inverse” migration.
The developing trend appears to be a response to President Trump’s strict immigration enforcement strategies.
Senafront reported the trend after an 8-year-old child perished in a boating accident carrying mostly Venezuelan migrants south from Panama to Colombia. The vessel carrying the child and other family members was one of three ferrying discouraged migrants back to Colombia late Friday evening. Panamanian authorities rescued a total of 20 migrants after the boat capsized in rough waters, according to the Senafront report.
The report indicates foul weather may have contributed to the “inverse” migration accident. According to Senafront, two boats ferrying the migrants near Manuscum, in Guna Yala, heeded a weather advisory and returned to dry land. One boat smuggler failed to heed the warning and capsized on the voyage to La Miel, Panama, a small city near the Colombian border.
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2025/02/26/trump-effect-venezuelan-migrants-pay-panamanian-smugglers-for-boat-ride-home/
