Panama says it recaptured Chinese woman who escaped a hotel holding hundreds of deportees

Panamanian authorities say they recaptured a woman who had escaped confinement from a Panama hotel where she and nearly 300 deportees from the United States were being held as they awaited repatriation to their countries. Earlier Wednesday, Panama’s National Immigration Service said they were searching for a Chinese woman, who had received assistance in breaking out from people loitering around the hotel. It said it asked the alleged collaborators to return the woman, warning that they could face human trafficking or migrant smuggling charges. It comes after the Panamanian government received sharp criticisms as images began to circulate of some of the 299 migrants detained at the hotel.