The dense humid Darien jungle region of Panama - just five miles from the Colombian border.
On Friday, Panamanian border police uncover an unwelcome present from their neighbor - two hidden Colombian Farc bases.
With similar camps serving in the past as a base for smuggling cocaine, police are quick to seize and destroy the camps.
No drugs or people are found but Panama's border service director, Frank Abrego, wants to send a strong message.
SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) DIRECTOR OF PANAMA'S BORDER SERVICE COMMISSION FRANK ABREGO SAYING:
"As we have seen on previous occasions, these so-called "guerrillas", or drug traffickers don't control this area, in the High Tuira or in the Republic of Panama."
Just a few thousand police patrol this tough border region which has tolerated frequent incursions by the radical Colombian guerilla group in the past.
But backed by the US amid increasing fears about drug trafficking, police are now more willing to take on FARC.
Abrego says patrolling the jungle is physically and mentally exhausting but needs to be done.
(SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) DIRECTOR OF PANAMA'S BORDER SERVICE COMMISSION FRANK ABREGO SAYING:
"You have to act like a good border policeman and protect the scene of the crime, collect the evidence because you have to hand it over to the judicial police later."
Drug trafficking in the Darien has profoundly altered the indigenous way of life here with many new initiatives faltering under security threats.
Sunita Rappai, Reuters
