The report from Mr. Sekino

The incidents that happened in Panama

Last year when Mr. Yoshiharu Sekino applied through the department of Foreign Affairs to enter Colombia. There was a warning not to cross the Isthmus of Darien because it was such a dangerous plan. According to the investigation of the department of Foreign Affairs, the followings had been happening.

1. The middle of January of1992, a male from Denmark was lost in the middle of the land going to Colombia from Panama.

2. In January of1993, 3 American missionaries were abducted by the Isthmus of Darien.

3. The end of January of 1995, there was a machine-gun war between a group of10 drug dealer and a garrison by the border.

4. The beginning of July of 1995, the married couple from Cuba going to Costa Rica through Panama from Colombia by ship had been lost since July.

However, because the public security of these areas was very awful, the department of Foreign Affairs concluded that people would have to avoid passing the land of border.

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