Abstract

ROSA RODRIGUEZ, Paola Iliana de la. Violence against migrants: a common scenario in the war against organized crime in Mexico. Rev. IUS [online]. 2021, vol.15, n.47, pp.209-232.  Epub May 21, 2021. ISSN 1870-2147.  https://doi.org/10.35487/rius.v15i47.2021.656.

While migration has been occurring since ancient times, the involvement of organized crime in intercepting and obstructing this movement of people has become a much more pronounced phenomenon in recent years. The present article specifically focuses on Central American migration in transit through Mexico to explain that “the war on drugs” was a key factor in the increased violence and crime perpetuated against migrants. Under this premise, the article explains that the intensification of the battle against drug traf-ficking groups generated an unprecedented level of generalized violence. The second section uses documentary analysis to discuss the impact of the war on drugs on the human rights of migrants. Qualitative comparative analysis (qca) is used in the third section to determine the variables present in the criminality manifested against this population and identify its causes. The present paper concludes that undocumented migrants in transit through Mexico are collateral victims of the fight against organized crime.

Keywords : Migration; organized crime; criminality against immigrants; kidnapping of migrants; generalized violence.

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