{"id":138601,"date":"2015-07-28T17:25:16","date_gmt":"2015-07-28T17:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=138601"},"modified":"2015-07-28T17:25:16","modified_gmt":"2015-07-28T17:25:16","slug":"5-ghanaians-trying-to-enter-us-found-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/07\/5-ghanaians-trying-to-enter-us-found-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Ghanaians trying to enter US found dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration has announced\u00a0that five Ghanaians have died on the Panamanian-Colombian border, after trying to use that illegal route to get into the United States of America (USA).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;PPMOq1yQNv68wHTNCl1FQdjvysM0cVrm&#8221;]A press statement signed by the Deputy Director at the Ministry, McArious A. Akanbong revealed that the five were among a small group of seven Ghanaians out of a larger group of thirty-five (35) people en route to the United States of America through Panama and Mexico.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the statement, many of such deaths occur on this route involving Ghanaian asylum seekers making the hazardous journey through the forest from Brazil through Colombia, Panama and Mexico.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Ministry promised to provide any prospective traveller with advice to ensure that they were not putting their lives at risk.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Ministry also advised travelers to use appropriate and lawful means to embark on their journeys.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is believed that about eighty (80) Ghanaian nationals are still in the forest trying to cross the border from Colombia to Panama with the hope of making it to the USA.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Selassie A. 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