Caribbean migrants try dangerous land route through Colombia

Migrants from Haiti and Cuba landed in South America and are not finding work. So, now they are paying smugglers to guide them, north through a dangerous region of swamps, jungle and rough terrain. Manuel Rueda reports from Colombia on the Caribbean migrants walking the Darien Gap.

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