Local paper says 170 of 299 people kept under watch in a hotel transported to dense and lawless region

A group of immigrants deported from the US to Panama last week have been moved from a hotel in the capital to the Darién jungle region in the south of the country, according to a lawyer representing an immigrant family.

Susana Sabalza, a Panamanian immigration lawyer, said a family she represents was transferred to Metetí, a town in the Darién, along with other deported people. La Estrella de Panamá, a local daily, reported on Wednesday that 170 of the 299 people who had been in the hotel had been moved to the Darién.

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Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/19/migrants-panama-city-darien