Zheng Lijuan fled Panama City hotel as 170 of deported migrants were transported to dense, lawless regionPolice are searching for a Chinese woman who escaped from a downtown Panama City hotel where she was being held following her deportation from the US under Donald Trump’s intensified campaign against immigrants.Zheng Lijuan was one of 299 migrants – from China, Afghanistan, Iran and other countries with which the US lacks extradition agreements – who have been flown in shackles to Panama since last Wednesday. Panamanian authorities say they believe that Zheng was aided by locals who had been “prowling” outside the Decapolis hotel in the capital city where the deportees had been held. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/19/migrants-panama-city-darien
Author : Mat Youkee in Panama City
Publish date : 2025-02-19 23:03:00
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Panama police search for Chinese woman who escaped hotel holding US deportees
