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Venezuelan migrants endure 'rough sea' to return home as US entry fails / 42L769D
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Scared and soaked, feeling the pounding of the boat as it plods through the choppy waters of the Caribbean, a group of Venezuelan migrants arrive at La Miel, the last Panamanian coastal village before reaching Colombia.
"It's horrible", says Roquelina Pirela, after a perilous eight-hour crossing.
Like thousands of others, Pirela had to give up her American dream in the face of President Donald Trump's tougher immigration policies.
After crossing Mexico and Central America on foot and by bus, some decide to bypass the perilous Darien jungle via the Sea to get back home. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES