FILE - Panamanian President-elect Jose Raul Mulino meets with the press in Panama City, May 7, 2024. Mulino said that he will shut down the migration route used by more than 500,000 people last year, whose victory with 34% of the vote in the May 5th election was formalized on Thursday, May 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)
FILE - Achieving Goals presidential candidate Jose Raul Mulino celebrates his victory after his rivals conceded, in Panama City, Sunday, May 5, 2024. Mulino ran on the promise to usher in another wave of economic prosperity, and stop migration through the Darien Gap, the jungle region overlapping Colombia and Panama that was traversed by half a million migrants last year. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)
FILE - Voters line up outside a polling station during a general election in Panama City, May 5, 2024. President-elect José Raúl Mulino ran on the promise to usher in another wave of economic prosperity, and stop migration through the Darien Gap, the jungle region overlapping Colombia and Panama that was traversed by half a million migrants last year. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)
FILE - Migrants cross a river during their journey through the Darien Gap from Colombia into Panama, hoping to reach the U.S., Oct. 15, 2022. President-elect José Raúl Mulino said Thursday, May 9, 2024, he will shut down the migration route used by more than 500,000 people last year. Until now, Panama has helped speedily bus the migrants across its territory so they can continue their journey north. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara, File)
FILE - Migrants who plan to start walking across the Darien Gap from Colombia to Panama in hopes of reaching the U.S. gather at the trailhead camp in Acandi, Colombia, May 9, 2023. President-elect José Raúl Mulino said Thursday, May 9, 2024, he will shut down the migration route used by more than 500,000 people last year. Until now, Panama has helped speedily bus the migrants across its territory so they can continue their journey north. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia, File)
FILE - A Panamanian flag flies on Ancon hill backdropped by the skyline of Panama City, days ahead of the presidential election, May 2, 2024. On May 5th, Panamanians elected José Raúl Mulino who ran on the promise to usher in another wave of economic prosperity and to stop migration through the Darien Gap, the jungle region overlapping Colombia and Panama that was traversed by half a million migrants last year. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix, File)