The collapse of migrant crossings through the Darién has left Acandí and Necoclí reeling. “It was enough to work one week a month,” Carrascal told EFE. For Acandí, a town that adapted to the chaos, the sudden quiet feels as destabilizing as the boom. “Today I have one, and myself,” he told EFE. “We thought the government, or someone, would look our way,” Ramos told EFE.