Panama plans to clean up Darien jungle, damaged by migration

The lawless jungle, where migrants face treacherous terrain and violent gangs in the hope of a better life, has become a key target for Panama's new President Jose Raul Mulino, who has vowed to shut the route. "Rivers that were a natural oasis" are now "waters contaminated by feces, even by corpses," Environment Minister Juan Carlos Navarro told AFP. "We have to bring order to these areas, end this trafficking (of migrants) as soon as possible and ... restore it to its natural state," he added.