Resumen

VILLARREAL SOLIS, Francisco Martín; GARCIA MEZA, Mario Alberto  y  GOMEZ ROMERO, José Gerardo Ignacio. Remittances and organized crime: evidence from border closures from covid-19 in Mexican metropolitan Areas. Econ. soc. territ [online]. 2024, vol.24, n.76, e2063.  Epub 28-Abr-2025. ISSN 2448-6183.  https://doi.org/10.22136/est20242063.

This paper analyzes the impact that the presence of organized crime had on remittances in Mexico during the covid-19 pandemic. Our hypothesis suggests that organized crime exploited the increase in remittance flows as a strategy to smuggle illicit money due to borders closures. In order to support this hypothesis, we analized remittance behavior across 74 municipalities from 23 metropolitan areas, comparing pre and post pandemic periods. The study found a 23% increase in remittances in areas with a significant presence of organized crime, compared to an increase of 8.47% in other urban areas.

Palabras llave : remittances; organized crime; difference in differences; poverty; covid-19.

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