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Panama Elects President Vowing Shutdown Of Key Routes To US Used By Over Half A Million Migrants

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From the Daily Caller News Foundation

By JASON HOPKINS

 

A tiny Central American country’s new president-elect is vowing to shut down a key corridor heavily used by migrants to enter the U.S.

Panamanian voters on Sunday elected center-right candidate Jose Raul Mulino as their new leader. The president-elect has notably vowed to shut down the trails used by hundreds of thousands of illegal migrants that run through the Darien Gap, a vast jungle region that sits across the Panama-Colombia border, and return them back to their home countries.

The 64-year-old lawyer was elected on a largely conservative platform, pledging to run a pro-private enterprise, pro-investment government and a crackdown on drug cartels, according to Bloomberg.

“The border of the United States, instead of being in Texas, moved to Panama,” Mulino said on the campaign trail, according to the Guardian. “We’re going to close the Darien and we’re going to repatriate all these people.”

Panama has served as a pivotal transit country for migrants beginning their journey in South America. More than half a million migrants crossed the Darien Gap en route to the U.S. in 2023, according to the Council on Foreign Relations.

That number was double the nearly 250,000 migrants that crossed in 2022 and a significant increase from the few hundred who would cross annually a decade prior. While most of the migrants that cross the Darien Gap are Venezuelan nationals, others come from Ecuador, Haiti and also Africa and Asian countries.

With more than 90% of the votes tallied, Mulino held roughly 34% of the vote, a clear plurality over the 25% carried by nearest rival Ricardo Lombana, according to Bloomberg, and he is now due to assume office on July 1.

The number of illegal immigrants crossing the Darien Gap is expected to beat last year’s record, Juan Pappier, the Americas deputy director at Human Rights Watch, said to the Guardian. Given the first few months, the number could be as high as 700,000 or even reach 800,000 in 2024.

Mulino’s presidential victory and vow to close the gap are happening as the U.S. is months out from a presidential election, where illegal immigration has become a top concern among voters. The U.S.-Mexico border has experienced record-setting illegal migration under the current administration.

Since President Joe Biden took office, at least 6 million encounters have taken place at the southern border.

It remains to be seen how Mulino can effectively stop the flow of migrants through Panama.

Pappier framed the idea of shutting down the Darien Gap to be “virtually impossible“, given the rough terrain and dangerous drug cartels that have a presence in the region, according to the Guardian. Other experts have questioned whether Mulino is simply saying something American leaders want to hear, given the relative indifference Panamanian citizens actually have for irregular migration at the moment.

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Unite the Kingdom Rally: demonstrators take to the streets in historical numbers to demand end to mass migration in the UK

Published on September 16, 2025

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If you haven’t been following the emergence of controversial UK journalist Tommy Robinson, you should try not to skip ahead to the aerial shot of what is likely the largest rally in modern UK history.

To even begin to understand the scope of the passion and to comprehend the numbers of English people who attended the “Unite the Kingdom Rally” in London on Saturday, some background information will be very helpful.

Like many western nations, Britain has seen an historical influx of immigrants.  With millions of new immigrants competing for housing, medical care, and government resources, very serious issues are bound to arise.  It makes you wonder how a government could or why a government would allow this to happen.

The following video shows very well what has taken place in terms of how many people have arrived in recent years, and who they are.

As the presenter showed, most of these migrants are from non European Union nations.  Many are from Muslim nations.  That means even in a highly multi-cultural nation like the UK, towns and cities are facing the cultural challenges of suddenly hosting a significant minority of young Muslim men.

Enter the most controversial political figure in Britain, Tommy Robinson.  Robinson’s hometown of Luton, Bedfordshire, England, was one of the first communities in the UK to see a significant percentage of Muslim population.  According to Robinson he noticed his childhood schoolyard and lunchrooms were divided into two separate groups, the traditional English (white Europeans, people from India, and the Caribbean, etc) and the Muslims.

As he got older Robinson claims he started to see a number of young girls being ‘recruited’ by older Muslim men into the drug culture, and becoming sexual partners for multiple Muslim men, including prominent members of the community.  When Robinson started to speak out publicly he was hit with a wall of official denials.  He would go on to challenge the authorities for years, becoming a citizen journalist and eventually an enemy of the state. If you watch his documentary series called The Rape of Britain you will understand just what he’s been claiming for about 15 years.

Fast forward to September of 2025.  The streets of many cities in the UK resemble Robinson’s hometown of Luton.  Robinson’s followers have multiplied from hundreds to thousands, to potentially millions.  The situation has caught the attention of President Donald Trump and X owner Elon Musk. On the weekend, untold thousands of Britons took to the streets of London for Robinson’s “Unite the Kingdom March”, a massive rally for free speech and British identity.

Without watching Robinson’s documentaries and journalism it can be difficult to understand the passion of his presentation from Saturday.  The growing thousands and millions in the UK understand.  Those who do not are very likely swayed by the media and government establishment who are trying desperately and less successfully by the day to brand Robinson as a Far Right racist.

Tommy Robinson appeared to be losing the battle for public opinion until Elon Musk stepped in.  Robinson was in jail last January when Musk took note and used his incredible social media reach to bring Robinson’s struggle to a much wider audience.

The owner of the X platform addressed the crowd via video link. In the days following the public execution of Charlie Kirk, Musk condemned the left as “the party of murder” and accused Britain’s political establishment of weaponizing mass migration to reshape the electorate.

 

Prime Minister Keir Starmer was quick to denounce the march while Reform UK leader Nigel Farage said the vast majority of demonstrators are “good, ordinary decent people” voicing legitimate concerns about mass migration and the safety of British streets.  At least 25 arrests were made Saturday and police say four police officers were seriously injured.

As for Tommy Robinson, he likely over achieved any expectations he had for this rally and now both he and the UK authorities are planning their next moves.

 

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Biden admin freed illegal alien now accused of decapitating boss

Published on September 16, 2025

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A Cuban national living in the U.S. illegally was arrested in Dallas for allegedly beheading his boss outside a motel. President Trump called the suspect “evil” and blamed Joe Biden’s administration for releasing him despite a violent criminal record.

Key Details:

  • Police say Yordanis Cobos-Martinez, 37, attacked 52-year-old Chandra Nagamallaiah inside and outside the Downtown Suites motel, where both men worked, decapitating him and kicking his head across the parking lot before throwing it in a dumpster.
  • Officers arrested Cobos-Martinez blocks from the scene, drenched in blood and holding the machete. He is charged with capital murder and is being held without bond.
  • Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed Cobos-Martinez had been detained at the Bluebonnet Detention Center but was released in January because Cuba refused to take him back.

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Dallas police say chaos erupted Wednesday afternoon at the Downtown Suites motel after a dispute between two employees turned into one of the city’s most gruesome crimes in years. According to arrest records, 37-year-old Yordanis Cobos-Martinez allegedly grabbed a machete and repeatedly hacked at his boss, 52-year-old Chandra Nagamallaiah, in front of the victim’s wife and son. Surveillance footage shows Cobos-Martinez chasing Nagamallaiah into the motel office, where the family tried to shield him. Police said the attack continued until Nagamallaiah was decapitated.

Witnesses told officers they saw Cobos-Martinez kick the victim’s severed head “like a soccer ball” across the motel parking lot before hurling it into a dumpster. Shocked bystanders called 911, and police officers arrested Cobos-Martinez a short time later. He was found soaked in blood and still clutching the machete, according to an affidavit.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) confirmed the suspect is a Cuban national who was living in the United States illegally. ICE said Cobos-Martinez had been detained at the Bluebonnet Detention Center but was released on January 13 because Cuba refused to repatriate him. His criminal history includes charges for child sex abuse, aggravated assault, carjacking, and false imprisonment in California and Texas.

Following his arrest, Cobos-Martinez was charged with capital murder and is being held without bond at the Dallas County Jail, court records show.

The brutality of the crime prompted a sharp response from President Trump, who posted a statement on Truth Social late Sunday blasting the Biden administration for allowing Cobos-Martinez into the country despite his record. “This individual was previously arrested for terrible crimes, including child sex abuse, grand theft auto, and false imprisonment, but was released back into our Homeland under incompetent Joe Biden because Cuba did not want such an evil person in their Country,” Trump wrote.

“Rest assured, the time for being soft on these Illegal Immigrant Criminals is OVER under my watch!” Trump added. “This criminal, who we have in custody, will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the Law. He will be charged with murder in the first degree!”

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