Abstract

JASSO VARGAS, Rosalba. Central American Women Who Die in Mexico and the Complexity of Identifying Vital Statistics. Rev. pueblos front. digit. [online]. 2022, vol.17, e-550.  Epub Jan 27, 2022. ISSN 1870-4115.  https://doi.org/10.22201/cimsur.18704115e.2022.v17.550.

This paper reviews some concepts surrounding the link between gender, migration, and violence in order to understand the condition of vulnerability and risk migrant women face in their transit through Mexico, particularly, the risk of death. It aims to reflect and analyze the main weaknesses of the mortality statistics produced by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI by its acronym in Spanish) identifying the migrants who die while in transit through Mexico, particularly Central American women. Through reviewing the death certificates issued by the Civil Registry in five municipalities on the southern border, this paper notes how incorporating and disaggregating some of the variables in INEGI’s records contributes to characterizing the cases of foreigners who die in transit through Mexico.

Keywords : Migration in transit; mortality; violence; vulnerability.

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