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66 Miles Through the Darién Gap

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The Desperation of a Parent to Put Their Daughter Through a Hard Life

A 12-year-old girl who suffered from epileptic convulsions was taken to America by her mother. She needed medicine for her daughter, which she had to cross the border into Colombia in order to get it. The journey took four or five days and involved a number of close calls with death as people stumbled over each other on their way through dangerous terrain. A couple of days later they were finally reunited after an ordeal that seemed impossible just 48 hours earlier.

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