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PANAMA CITY, PANAMA- If you listen to the Biden administration, it’s only families and “dreamers” coming across the porous southern border of the United States.
However one drills deeper, it’s much more ominous, and that fact was driven home last week by Panamanian authorities. They have detected terrorists trying to blend in with migrants from other countries.
According to Breitbart and other sources, officials in Panama have found terrorists among those claiming to be from countries such as Haiti, Cuba, Africa, and others attempting to reach the U.S. and Canada through that country, according to Panama’s top diplomat.
That diplomat, Erika Mouynes, Panama’s foreign minister authored an article published by Foreign Policy which begged the United States for help while describing the situation as a humanitarian crisis.
Panama is typically used as a point of entry from South America, specifically something called The Darien Gap, a tropical forest described by Breitbart as a “lawless and dense wilderness” which makes up parts of Panama and Columbia.
Analysts say this area is one of the most hazardous area for those fleeing South and Central American countries where war, persecution, and poverty is pervasive.
Because of lax visa rules in many South American countries, a lot of these “migrants” from other countries often enter there, then make their way up through Panama, then Columbia and further north through Mexico into the U.S.
Mouynes has urged Latin American countries to strengthen their visa requirement background checks to help stem the tide of migrants transiting Panama and then going north.
“A vast number of migrants crossing the Darien [jungle] started their journey in South America, arriving through ports of entry in countries where visa requirements are less strict.
As a result, members of terrorist organizations and sanctioned parties have found their way into Panama, where they are not permitted to enter in the first place. Panama’s biometric identification measures have recognized, and detained individuals linked to extremist groups attempting to pass through the country with migrants.
Second, the nations of the Americas must work collaboratively to control the flow of migration. Since 2016, the governments of Panama and Costa Rica have worked together to put in place a joint policy to secure safe passage of migrants through our territories based on each country’s ability to ensure migrants’ care and safety.
Panama has also recently reached an information-sharing agreement with Columbia to monitor the flows of migrants headed for the Darien Gap. Currently, more than 1,000 migrants arrive in Panama every day from Columbia, and only 50 to 100 are allowed to proceed into Costa Rica. Needless to say, the situation is untenable.”
Newsmax reported that despite being charged with overseeing the border crisis, Kamala Harris never made her way to Panama in order to address the “root causes” of the current border crisis at the US-Mexico border. That fact was addressed by Mouynes.
“Vice President Kamala Harris’s recent trip to Central America—her first official mission abroad—is emblematic of the weight the White House has placed on the issue of migration,” Mouynes wrote.
“Unfortunately, however Panama was left off the itinerary of her two-day trip, which included stops in Guatemala and Mexico. This despite the unprecedented number of migrants attempting to cross our border through a treacherous area of jungle known as the Darien Gap.”
Continuing, she wrote:
“The problem of uncontrolled migration is not isolated to Texas, California, New Mexico, or Arizona,” she wrote. “Farther south, on the Panamanian border, a parallel crisis is unfolding as unprecedented numbers of migrants from Haiti, Cuba, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East attempt to cross the Darien Gap en route to Canada and the United States.
“The situation here is not a uniquely North American or Panamanian problem. It is an international humanitarian crisis that knows no borders and requires immediate collaboration. Panama, for our part, looks forward to working closely with the Biden administration to formulate an effective policy response.”
Mouynes did agree with the Biden administration policy of addressing the “root causes” of America’s migrant issue.
Last month, Bloomberg reported that according to Mouynes, Panama was dealing with a five-fold increase in migrants from Africa, Cuba, and Haiti, with those from Haiti and Cuba making up the bulk of those trying to enter Panama illegally.
As far as Harris’s trip to Central America, members from both political parties, and the American people generally gave her low marks for her performance during the trip.
Mouynes also warned that the impact of the migrant issue would go well beyond Panama’s borders, which it pretty much already has, and urged the international community to take action to stem the tide.
Biden’s lax border policies have been widely blamed for causing the current crisis not only at the U.S.-Mexico border but also Mexico and Central American countries such as Panama, with migrants from all over the world, including some who are not true migrants but international terrorists, coming to the United States.
“We cannot single-handedly protect these migrants or address the underlying problems that have driven them into our borders. The situation will not be resolved if the international community continues to approach it as a U.S. problem or a Panama problem. In reality, it is everyone’s problem,” Mouynes said.
