The US will pay for migrants' flights out of Panama to close a route used by over 700,000 people to reach the US-Mexico border

• The US is trying to shut down the Darién Gap, a land route used by thousands to reach its borders.
• It's paying for migrants' repatriation out of Panama in exchange for the latter closing the corridor.
• Hundreds of thousands of migrants pass through Panama on their way to the US from South America.

The US has agreed to fund repatriation for people who entered Panama illegally in exchange for the latter shutting down a main corridor for migrants traveling by land to the US-Mexico border.