Guillermo Galdos

1 month ago | channel4.com | Guillermo Galdos

Two years ago, Channel 4 News accompanied a group of migrants on a perilous journey across the Darien Gap – a 60-mile stretch of thick rainforest that separates Colombia from Panama. The only land crossing between South and North America, thousands of migrants braved the Darien Gap every day, hoping to reach the US. Now though, crossings are at their lowest level since records began 25 years ago, amid Trump’s crackdown on migrants. We went back there.

2 months ago | channel4.com | Guillermo Galdos

As well as tariffs, Donald Trump campaigned on blocking off the US-Mexico border, to stop migrants arriving. And with his tariff threats hanging heavy over Mexico, the authorities there are keen to show how far. The number of crossings has fallen, but in Ciudad Juarez, just across the border from El Paso in Texas, the effects of the crackdown are being felt in the shelters, and even in the cartels. With fewer people to smuggle, they’re fighting over smaller profits.

2 months ago | channel4.com | Guillermo Galdos

“The number of people crossing into the US has gone down dramatically. Before there were a lot of people. Now you can only see two, three trying to cross.”It’s hard to hear the Mexican National Guardsmen over the helicopter blades, as we fly over the stretch of land between the city of Juarez, and El Paso in Texas. But it’s easy to see the migrants beneath us, running through the steep terrain, trying to escape our view. Some make a futile attempt to disappear under blankets in the scrubland.

Jan 17, 2025 | channel4.com | Guillermo Galdos

Additional reporting by Freddie GowerAs Donald Trump takes office for a second time, people across the US are about to find out what his policies look like in reality. During a heated election campaign, there was one promise Trump repeated at every rally –  to launch the “largest deportation programme in American history”, in a bid to drastically reduce the number of undocumented migrants, and deter illegal crossings at the southern border.

Jan 10, 2025 | channel4.com | Guillermo Galdos

Nicolas Maduro has been sworn in for a third term as Venezuela’s President, six months after an election he’s widely believed to have stolen. As he was being inaugurated, the US marked the occasion by announcing a $25 million reward for information leading to his arrest. It’s also offering rewards for his interior and defence ministers and the UK is imposing sanctions on 15 top officials.