Thousands of migrants cross Colombia to the Darién jungle. / Photo credit: EWTN News (video capture)Denver Newsroom, Oct 13, 2022 / 15:00 pm (CNA).Bishop Hugo Torres Marín of Apartadó said Oct. 11 that there is a humanitarian crisis near the border with Panama as there are thousands of people risking their lives to cross the Darién jungle on their way to the United States. For several days, thousands of migrants, many of them Venezuelans, have been arriving in the area of Colombia that lies across the Gulf of Urabá from Panama and are waiting in the town of Necoclí on the Colombian coast for the opportunity to cross by boat to Capurganá in Panama, and from there cross the Darien Gap on their way north to the U.S., a journey of more than 3,000 miles.However, along the route they are exposed to theft, human trafficking, and death.In response, the director general of Migration Colombia, Fernando García Manosalva, recently traveled to the Urabá region to review the situation
Colombian bishops call for ceasefire between army and rebels
Violence in Chocó has forced hundreds of Indigenous people and members of Afro Colombian communities to flee homes
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The bishops of Quibdó, Istmina and Apartadó called on Colombia s government and the National Liberation Army to focus on peaceful solutions to armed conflict. (Photo: colombiareports)
Bishops in Colombia s Chocó department are calling for a ceasefire between the Colombian army and rebel groups fighting over drug trafficking routes and illegal gold mines in one of the country s most remote regions.
In a statement issued March 1 following a week-long expedition to more than a dozen villages, the bishops of Quibdó, Istmina and Apartadó called on Colombia s government and the National Liberation Army, or ELN guerrillas, to focus on peaceful solutions to armed conflict and respect the rights of Indigenous people living in the area.
Bishops in Colombia's Chocó department are calling for a cease-fire between the Colombian army and rebel groups fighting over drug trafficking routes and illegal gold mines in one of the country's mo.