whole story is just one enormous traffic jam of people through the jungle. really fired. what about you? maybe have died here . good evening. welcome to the whole story. i m anderson cooper. starting tonight. we re bringing you the best of cnn, storytelling from our reporters and anchors all over the world. it s one whole story one whole hour every sunday at eight pm tonight we take you on a dangerous and difficult journey through the darien gap, the only land route connecting south america to central america. it s a 66 mile stretch of jungle between colombia and panama, so migrants hoping to get to the u. s have to get through the darien gap. first that means trekking through rivers and mud and up steep mountainsides along the way they face exhaustion, disease, drowning and the very real risk of being robbed, assaulted or even killed. so far this year five times as many people have made this journey compared to the same period last year, and a record number of them are child
coming up. on the whole story is just one enormous traffic jam of people through the jungle. it s hard to listen looking, look fired. everybody maybe have died here. good evening. welcome to the whole story. i m anderson cooper. starting tonight. we re bringing you the best of cnn, storytelling from our reporters and anchors all over the world. it s one whole story one whole hour every sunday at eight pm tonight we take you on a dangerous and difficult journey through the darien gap. the only land route connecting south america to central america. it s a 66 mile stretch of jungle between colombia and panama, so migrants hoping to get to the u. s. have to get through the darien gap first. that means trekking through rivers and mud and up steep mountainsides along the way, they face exhaustion, disease, drowning and the very real risk of being robbed, assaulted or even killed. so far this year five times as many people have made this journey compared to the same period last yea
coming up on the whole story. this is just one enormous traffic jam of people through the jungle. [ speaking non-english ] good evening, welcome to the whole story. i m anderson cooper. starting tonight we are bringing you the best of cnn s storytelling from our reporters and anchors all over the world. it s one whole story, one whole hour every sunday at 8:00 p.m. tonight, we take you on a dangerous and difficult journey through the darien gap, the only land route connecting south america to central america. it s a 66-mile stretch of jungle between colombia and panama. so migrants hoping to get to the u.s. have to get through the darien gap first. that means trekking through rivers and mud and up steep mountainsides. along the way they face exhaustion, disease, drowning and the very real risk of being robbed, assaulted, or even killed. so far this year, five times as many people have made this journey compared to the same period last year, and a record number of them
By thieves where they spent the night between picking their targets. it is a short walk from this, a major crossroads close to the end of the walk where migrants camp and key rivers meet. those who at times seemed unlikely to make it are pushing on. fueled by hearing the boats taking them to safety inside panama are a matter of hours away. even salvaging her stick from the water. yet, this is where stories of survival now merge with a darker past of death and violence, where our path still relatively new and clean used for only 12 days by the cartel meets a much older one. occasionally, people still emerge from this route, but it s mostly walked by the ghosts of those before. their clothes and plastic caught in the trees from when the rains took the rivers higher. now it is flat, silent, and
Panamanian authorities were told about this three weeks earlier, but there is no indication they have been here. people just walk by. past the cautionary tale. nobody is heeding reminder and a place that should be peaceful as this of the sickening violence that potentially faces migrants here every day. vultures float above. the bones will likely soon be picked clean. the old route. we re told by one survivor who didn t want to be identified, is now preyed on by armed men in ski masks. it is his second bid to reach new jersey, where his brother lives. on the first trip. masked men raped women in his group, he says. on this trip. they demanded $100 from each of them just days earlier. you were saying. ah he went off. and how