{"id":15626,"date":"2026-08-16T11:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T16:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expat-times.com\/panama\/?p=15626"},"modified":"2026-08-16T09:49:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T14:49:09","slug":"panama-strengthens-colombia-border-security-in-darien-with-marijuana-fields","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/expat-times.com\/panama\/crime-safety\/panama-strengthens-colombia-border-security-in-darien-with-marijuana-fields\/","title":{"rendered":"Panama Sends 700 to Strengthen Colombia Border Security With Marijuana Fields"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Deep in Panama’s Dari\u00e9n province, the frontier with Colombia<\/a> has rarely been quiet. But this week, helicopter sweeps and expanded patrols around the remote binational post at Alto Lim\u00f3n told a sharper story. Panama has widened its Colombia border security footprint after intelligence suggested that organized criminal groups could try to shift their operations into national territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The deployment is not a routine exercise. It brings together specialized units from Panama’s National Border Service, known as Senafront, and Colombian police forces along a boundary where dense jungle, river routes, and limited road access have long favored illicit activity. Officials say the goal is to close off those advantages before criminal networks can exploit them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n