In Necocli, Colombia, the local economy has shifted, revolving around the migrants who have been arriving for several years
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.
Aníbal Gaviria, the governor of Colombia's Antioquia state, has been warning for weeks about the situation in Necocli and in nearby towns like Turbo and Mutata, where other migrants are also stranded for lack of money. Migration has become a profitable business in the area. Self-styled “guides” charge each person $350 for boat passage to Acandi, where they enter the Colombian jungle and climb to the “flag hill,” where the most dangerous, Panamanian section of the route begins.
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