On one of the world’s most dangerous migrant routes, a cartel makes millions off the American dream

Editor’s Note: “The Trek: A Migrant Trail to America” premieres on April 16 at 8 p.m. ET/PT on CNN’s new Sunday primetime series, The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper .

Darién Gap, Colombia and Panama CNN —

There is always a crowd, but it can feel very lonely.To get closer to freedom, they have risked it all.Masked robbers and rapists. Exhaustion, snakebites, broken ankles. Murder and hunger.Having to choose who to help and who to leave behind.The trek across the Darién Gap, a stretch of remote, roadless, mountainous rainforest connecting South and Central America, is one of the most popular […]

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