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Migrantes y cocaína: la boyante economía del Darién colombiano

Una selva tupida y ríos laberínticos que desembocan en el mar hacen de éste un corredor estratégico para la salida de cocaína. También es el paso de cientos de miles de migrantes atraídos por el ‘sueño americano’ y expulsados de sus países por la pobreza

Migrants, mostly from Venezuela, remain in a shelter in Acandi, Colombia, close to the Darien Gap, a jungle shared by Colombia and Panama, before continuing their journey towards the United States in hope of a better life, on September 19, 2023. An impregnable jungle and the world's largest cocaine cartel are the terror of migrants in Colombia. The border with Panama is both a difficult dike to cross and an opportunity to make money at the expense of the American dream. South Americans, Africans and Asians make their way village by village to the Darien, a hellhole on a paradisiacal gulf that gives its name to Colombia's largest narco-trafficking gang: the Clan del Golfo, or Gulf Clan. Lord and master of this region located in the departments of Antioquia and Choc�. (Photo by Raul ARBOLEDA / AFP)
Migrants, mostly from Venezuela, remain in a shelter in Acandi, Colombia, close to the Darien Gap, a jungle shared by Colombia and Panama, before continuing their journey towards the United States in hope of a better life, on September 19, 2023. An impregnable jungle and the world's largest cocaine cartel are the terror of migrants in Colombia. The border with Panama is both a difficult dike to cross and an opportunity to make money at the expense of the American dream. South Americans, Africans and Asians make their way village by village to the Darien, a hellhole on a paradisiacal gulf that gives its name to Colombia's largest narco-trafficking gang: the Clan del Golfo, or Gulf Clan. Lord and master of this region located in the departments of Antioquia and Choc�. (Photo by Raul ARBOLEDA / AFP) RAUL ARBOLEDA

Acandi, Colombia. Una selva inexpugnable y el mayor cartel de cocaína del mundo son el terror de los migrantes en Colombia. La frontera con Panamá es un dique difícil de franquear y a la vez una oportunidad de hacer dinero a expensas del sueño americano.

Sudamericanos, africanos y asiáticos van avanzando pueblo tras pueblo hasta el Darién, un infierno pegado a un golfo paradisíaco que da nombre a la principal banda narco del país: el Clan del Golfo. Amo y señor de esta región ubicada en los departamentos de Antioquia y Chocó.

Una selva tupida y ríos laberínticos que desembocan en el mar hacen de éste un corredor estratégico para la salida de cocaína.

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