Here you'll find glimpses of paradise amongst the wilderness.

On the Colombian side, The region has been controlled by guerilla and paramilitary groups who profit from extortion, smuggling and drug trafficking.

Recently, this border has seen another type of crisis.

Thousands of migrants from all over the world awaiting their chance to cross the jungle.

They come from Haiti, Venezuela, Cuba, but also many countries of Africa.

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You are from Cuba.

They're trying to get to the U S.

Like them, thousands of migrants pass through here every year.

Despite the risks, it entails a unnoticed.

That's how many of these immigrants feel.

It's impossible to know how many crosses here or how many die on route now with the pandemic, the border between Colombia and Panama is closed.

There's no sign of humanitarian or state organizations here.

So the future of these people completely depends on those who can cash in by helping them cross illegally.

For at least 15 years, immigrants have been departing from this beach onto the Darien, where they cross the border to Panama.

They don't have access to a room to water to a toilet.

Here, people travel from all over South America to these two cities.

From here, it's a 2 to 7 hour boat, right, And then up to 20 days of trekking through dense jungle towards North America.

Okay, so here at the other side of the Gulf is where the migrants start their journey onto the Darien and they come in a tourist boat, which is the same that we came in.

But they are charged three times the price, and then the police is there, and there are locals that host them through the jungles.

The jungle there, led by coyotes like this man with the red cap.

He's telling them when to start the journey.

Ali Ali Ali, these two young men on motor bike shouted them to hurry up.

And this is the last sort of piece of civilization that immigrants are going to see for at least a week.

Now they're going to the Darien jungle.

The coyotes seem to be controlled by the so called gland, illegal for one of the most powerful armed groups in the country with around 3000 soldiers.

But the army captain tells me illegal migration isn't the only thing they're keeping taps on.

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Just a few days before we met, they rescued a dingy with people on board, including Children.

Cemeteries like this one, it is increasingly common to see graves of those who drowned while trying to cross the Darien.

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From an important part of the Latino a study.

Let's talk about, you know, this journey can be deadly, but hundreds of people embark on it every day.

They feel that the risk is worth it.

It means they might reach the U.

S and start a new life.