Chinese National Deported from the US to Panama Disappears... "Vanished from Hotel"

Police Forces Deployed Around the Hotel
Assisted by Outsiders Wandering Near the Hotel

A Chinese woman who was deported from the United States and temporarily detained in Central America’s Panama escaped from her accommodation and disappeared.

On the 19th (local time), the Panama Immigration Office posted a press release on X (formerly Twitter) stating that a woman named Zheng Lijuan, of Chinese nationality, went missing from the Decapolis Hotel in Panama City, which serves as a temporary shelter for immigrants.

Panama police guarding temporary shelter for third-country migrants deported from the United States. Photo by Reuters=Yonhap News

Police forces were deployed around the hotel. According to the Panama Immigration Office, the Chinese woman reportedly received help from outsiders who were wandering near the hotel.

Panamanian authorities are searching for the Chinese woman and those who assisted her escape, urging residents to report any suspicious behavior. Earlier last week, the Panamanian government accommodated about 300 people who were deported from the United States and arrived in Panama City by air at a city hotel.

According to the local daily La Estrella de Panama, many of these immigrants are from third countries including China, Afghanistan, India, Iran, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and T?rkiye.

Panama President Jos? Ra?l Mulino recently explained at a press conference that "in accordance with an agreement with the Donald Trump administration of the United States, we have agreed to accept foreign-born deportees from the U.S.," and that Panama would receive related financial support from the U.S. The local media La Prensa Panama reported that some migrants appeared to seek attention by waving their hands toward reporters in front of the hotel room’s glass windows.

About 170 of the migrants were reportedly moved the previous evening to a shelter near the Dari?n Gap jungle, a border area with Colombia in South America, according to Reuters citing a local lawyer.

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