Hoping to reunite with friends and family in the U.S., Omagh paid smugglers to move him north through Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador ...

The deportees, largely from Asian countries, were part of a deal struck between the Trump administration and Panama and Costa ...

The number of migrants trying to reach the US by trekking through the jungle to Central America plunged 99% last month, ...

Authorities said deportees will have the option of extending their stay by 60 days if they need it, but after that many don’t ...

Panama’s Security Minister Frank Ábrego says Panama will begin the process of issuing humanitarian passes to 112 migrants ...

Editor’s note (March 14th): After this story was published it was reported that the Trump administration is exploring military options to gain full access to the Panama Canal.

The $23 billion deal, announced by Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison Holdings, transfers control of the Balboa and Cristobal ports to a consortium led by BlackRock, Global Infrastructure Partners, and ...

Officials in Costa Rica and Panama are confiscating migrants’ passports and cellphones, denying them access to legal services and moving them between remote outposts as they wrestle with the logistics ...

Pereira had waited months for an asylum appointment in Mexico after crossing the perilous Darien Gap dividing Colombia and Panama and traveling up through Central America. But after Trump took ...

Costa Rica and Panama are coordinating to expedite southbound migrant transit through their countries along the same route that carried hundreds of thousands north in recent years.