So a growing number of migrants like her are boarding boats that ferry cargo between Panama’s capital and Colombia’s jungle-clad Pacific coast. “We’re trying to return, but we don’t have the money to go back.”Venezuelan migrants depart Jaque on Panama’s Pacific coast en route to Jurado, Colombia, as they return home after failing to enter the United States, Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)Venezuelan migrants Mariela Gomez, her two sons, and partner Abraham Castro return home on a cargo vessel on Panama’s Pacific coast, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix) Show Caption 1 of 4 Venezuelan migrants depart Jaque on Panama’s Pacific coast en route to Jurado, Colombia, as they return home after failing to enter the United States, Friday, Sept. 19, 2025. For years, she lived in Colombia and Peru, like millions of other Venezuelans who have fled the country in recent years.