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NAVARRO LOPEZ, América A.  y  HERNANDEZ HERNANDEZ, Alberto. From the Darien gap to Tapachula: Mapping a new route of the displaced to the United States. Encartes [online]. 2025, vol.8, n.15, pp.151-188.  Epub 09-Ene-2026. ISSN 2594-2999.  https://doi.org/10.29340/en.v8n15.417.

This article provides a geographic and sociological analysis of the routes used by immigrants who cross the Darien Gap and enter Mexico at Tapachula on their way to the United States. The methodology combines mapping with interviews and field visits. Using GPS coordinates, the positions of the Mexican National Guard were mapped on the Chiapas coastal highway through Soconusco. The research reveals new routes and the skills migrants develop as they make the journey. It also delves into the perception among those interviewed of Tapachula as a prison-city with risks similar to those immigrants face in the Darien Gap. Finally, immigrant narratives of the journey were used to build the first georeferenced database of migrant routes using Mexico’s Geographic Information System (SIG).

Palabras llave : forced displaced; migrant routes; Latin American borders; SIG.

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