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For Venezuelan Jennifer Serrano, $1,000 is a fortune beyond reach. Without it, she has no hope of continuing with her three children and husband on the long road to the U.S., which first means crossing the dangerous Darien Gap jungle. She has to gather the money in Colombian pesos because the devalued bolivars of her native Venezuela don't add up.
NECOCLI, Colombia (AP) — For Venezuelan Jennifer Serrano, $1,000 is a fortune beyond reach. Without it, she has no hope of continuing with her three children and husband on the
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Record numbers of U.S.-bound migrants are trekking through this remote jungle. Many don’t survive the trip.
AT the start of the perilous jungle trek through the Darien Gap to Panama, uniformed workers on the Colombian side hand out coloured wristbands to migrants, like bouncers at a nightclub, to indicate what “services” they have paid for.