 So she hopes that this will give her little baby, Lujanes, a chance at a better future. In order to get that chance, they first have to survive the crossing. In early April, Panamanian border police, accompanied by American journalists Ben Berklom and Oscar Ramirez, encountered a cartel gang robbing and raping migrants at gunpoint in the jungle. While authorities killed one of the robbers and captured six more, the danger remains.