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Ecuador reported Tuesday that nine of its citizens were identified among those killed in a bus carrying migrants In Panama.
In a statement, the Foreign Ministry assured that after the completion of the forensic and identification processes, the Panamanian Prosecutor’s Office released the definitive list of victims in which the deceased Ecuadorians are recorded and that two bodies that have not yet been identified are under analysis of experts from that country and the United States.
He added that he informed the relatives of the situation and that the repatriation of the bodies will be paid for by public funds, while the health status of 11 injured Ecuadorians who are in stable condition and have not yet been discharged are still pending.
The day before, the Colombian government confirmed the identification of three lifeless adult bodies of their compatriots, who were pending full identification, without specifying their names and ages. In total, four Colombians died in the accident and a woman and a minor who are already out of danger were injured.
In Photos | Bus accident in Panama costs the lives of dozens of migrants
At least 39 migrants have died and another 20 have been injured in a bus accident in Panama. Local authorities describe it as the worst immigration accident in the history of the Central American country.
It was the worst accident since Panama authorized the transfer in buses of migrants who cross the dangerous jungle of the Darienon the border with Colombia, to a hostel on the border with Costa Rica so that they continue their route north.
ANDn 2022 a record number was recorded of the irregular migratory flow through the Darién jungle and other parts of that province with the passage of almost 250,000 foreigners, mostly Venezuelans and Ecuadorians. So far in 2023, 37,000 have already crossed, including Haitian, Cuban, African and Asian migrants, according to Panamanian authorities.
Ecuadorian migrants take dangerous land routes through Central America to try to reach the United States due to the economic crisis, insecurity and lack of work caused by the coronavirus pandemic and the indigenous strikes of 2019 and 2022 that virtually paralyzed the country, among others factors.
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