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As mentioned, the security situation makes hitching difficult, but certainly not as bad as you would think. To know which areas are outright no-go zones, ask around and check the newspapers. People tend to tell you that the whole country is ''muy peligroso'', only take information seriously if there is something concrete going on (example : ''the FARC have attacked a military outpost on the road to Turbo...'')
Thumbs up hitch-hiking works wellmight get you a ride, and it but isn't the best approach. Much easier is also possible to talk talking to people at gas stations and peajes (toll booths), or asking soldiers at check-points and explaining where you are going, either they should let you talk to cars that slow for the check-point, or they may even ask people for you...
To cross from Colombia to [[Panama]] you've got to travel around the the [[Darién Gap]] somehow. See the article on the gap itself for details on that.