Panamanian Government Pledges to Stop Deporting Colombians

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Thursday, October 1, 1992
Author: 
Bertold Baer
Volume: 
8
Issue: 
10
Pg. 398
Abstract: 

Panama has informed the Colombian Government that it will stop deporting illegal Colombians in border areas, Panamanian Foreign Minister Julio Linares said on September 11, 1992, confirming an announcement of Colombian Foreign Minister Nohemi Sanin. The Panamanian Government will also stop deporting other foreigners through the jungle in the border province of Darien. Panama has suspended the deportations over the land border because, according to Linares, “it is not the best way to do it.”…[more]