Revista de Estudios Sociales
Volume 2016, Issue 56, 2016, Pages 12-25

Post-structural violence: Central American migrants and drug cartels in Mexico [Violência pós-estrutural: Migrantes centro-americanos e cartéis de droga no México] [Violencia postestructural: Migrantes centroamericanos y cártels de la droga en México] (Article) (Open Access)

Palacios S.P.I.*
  • a Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain, Universidad Autonoma de Tamaulipas, Mexico

Abstract

Post-structural violence refers to those situations where the victim becomes the executioner as a survival mechanism in a violent environment. This article, based on in-depth interviews with 53 Central American migrants kidnapped and forced to participate in criminal activities in Mexico, analyses the mechanisms used by Mexican drug cartels to recruit undocumented migrants, and concludes that the fear of losing their lives transforms peaceful and fearful labor migrants into ferocious criminals. © 2016, Universidad de los Andes, Bogota Colombia. All rights reserved.

Author Keywords

Central American migrants Corruption Undocumented migration Drug cartels Mexico (Thesaurus) Post-structural violence Kidnappings

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84963930718&doi=10.7440%2fres56.2016.01&partnerID=40&md5=aedf32aa481588feee8005d7e9993c62
DOI: 10.7440/res56.2016.01
ISSN: 0123885X
Cited by: 3
Original Language: Spanish