The migrants fled conflict, religious persecution, poverty and government crackdowns in countries such as Afghanistan, ...

Panama was supposed to be a stopover, but for those unwilling to return home — mostly out of well-founded fear — Panama sent ...

The U.S. government has begun flying migrants to Panama and Costa Rica as part of ... who journeyed to the U.S.-Mexico border near Tijuana to seek asylum – then were shackled and flown six ...

The Feb. 12 deportations to Panama garnered national attention after ... CBP detained them shortly after they crossed the border from Tijuana, and they were transferred to an ICE detention ...

Panama, which is separately under pressure from ... He charged them each $3,000 and ferried them to Tijuana. There, near the border wall in the middle of the night, the smuggler pointed to a ...

After crossing Panama, the group navigated through Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala, and finally, Tijuana, by which time his beard had been trimmed forcibly, he added. New US President ...

By the time we reached Tijuana, my beard was trimmed forcibly ... It was too dangerous to pass through the Panama jungles. We somehow managed to save ourselves from snakes, crocodiles and ...

Ghasemzadeh and the other Iranians traveled through several countries, including Mexico, to reach the U.S.-Mexico border at Tijuana ... cargo plane and flown to Panama. “They tied our hands ...

The group was then made to cross the Panama jungles ... By the time we reached Tijuana, my beard was trimmed forcibly,” Mandeep said. On the morning of January 27, they were arrested by ...

The group made a halt at Costa Rica after crossing Panama, and then began their journey ... By the time we reached Tijuana, my beard was trimmed forcibly," Mandeep said. On the morning of January ...

The group was then made to cross the Panama jungles ... By the time we reached Tijuana, my beard was trimmed forcibly,” Mandeep said. On the morning of January 27, they were arrested by ...