The deportees – including from India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and China – are being held at a hotel in the capital Panama City before they can be repatriated to their countries of origin.

Authorities urge those who helped the woman break out to send her back, warning they could face human trafficking charges One of nearly 300 deportees from various nations sent from the United States to Panama to await repatriation to their countries escaped from a hotel where they were being held in the capital,