BOGOTA (Reuters) - More than 90 Haitian migrants were abandoned at sea by human traffickers as they tried to reach Panama from Colombia as part of their journey to the United States, Colombia's navy said on Tuesday.
The Darien Gap, a stretch of jungle bridging Colombia and Panama next to the Caribbean Sea, has become one of the most important routes for illegally trafficking migrants - mainly Africans, Cubans and Haitians - who try to reach the United States by passing through Central America.
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