Caribbean migrants try dangerous land route through Colombia

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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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