Panama has carried out its first-ever deportation flights for illegal immigrants, funded by the United States under a repatriation deal struck with Washington last month.
Panama’s government said in a statement that 28 Colombians were deported from Panama City to Colombia on Aug. 20. It marks the first such flight since Panama’s new president, José Raúl Mulino, signed a memorandum of cooperation with the United States on July 1 in an effort to stem the flow of illegal immigrants into Panama.
