Record number of minors cross perilous Darien Gap

The number of minors who risked their lives to cross the Darien Gap, the inhospitable stretch of land that separates Colombia and Panama, reached a record high between January and last month, the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Monday.
The agency said that 19,000 minors faced the rigors of the jungle during that period.
At least one in five of the migrants who walked the area, which is filled with wild animals and dotted with criminals, were children, half of whom were under the age of five, UNICEF said.
“The rapid growth in the influx of children heading north from South

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