La contracción de las redes de contrabando de migrantes en México
Both the official and the academic discourse argue that migrant smuggling along the border between Mexico and the United States is an increasingly complex and lucrative business that requires the operation of extensive networks with ties to organized crime. The results of this study, based on a qual...
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Universidad de los Andes
2014-04-01
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| description | Both the official and the academic discourse argue that migrant smuggling along the border between Mexico and the United States is an increasingly complex and lucrative business that requires the operation of extensive networks with ties to organized crime. The results of this study, based on a qualitative methodology that includes in-depth interviews with 115 smugglers of migrants describe a different scenario. Smugglers of migrants have to share their profits with new actors; as a result, some migrant-smuggling networks have been forced to lay off some of their members to reduce operating costs while other networks have decided not to hire more people in order to maintain the profitability of the business. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6c9e118d86964588a41395cf9858893d2022-12-21T18:14:47ZengUniversidad de los AndesRevista de Estudios Sociales0123-885X1900-51802014-04-0148849910.7440/res48.2014.07La contracción de las redes de contrabando de migrantes en MéxicoSimón Pedro Izcara Palacios0Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas, MéxicoBoth the official and the academic discourse argue that migrant smuggling along the border between Mexico and the United States is an increasingly complex and lucrative business that requires the operation of extensive networks with ties to organized crime. The results of this study, based on a qualitative methodology that includes in-depth interviews with 115 smugglers of migrants describe a different scenario. Smugglers of migrants have to share their profits with new actors; as a result, some migrant-smuggling networks have been forced to lay off some of their members to reduce operating costs while other networks have decided not to hire more people in order to maintain the profitability of the business.http://res.uniandes.edu.co/view.php/893/index.php?id=893Undocumented immigrationmigrant-smugglersmigrant-smuggling networksMexicoUnited States. |
| spellingShingle | Simón Pedro Izcara Palacios La contracción de las redes de contrabando de migrantes en México Revista de Estudios Sociales Undocumented immigration migrant-smugglers migrant-smuggling networks Mexico United States. |
| title | La contracción de las redes de contrabando de migrantes en México |
| title_full | La contracción de las redes de contrabando de migrantes en México |
| title_fullStr | La contracción de las redes de contrabando de migrantes en México |
| title_full_unstemmed | La contracción de las redes de contrabando de migrantes en México |
| title_short | La contracción de las redes de contrabando de migrantes en México |
| title_sort | la contraccion de las redes de contrabando de migrantes en mexico |
| topic | Undocumented immigration migrant-smugglers migrant-smuggling networks Mexico United States. |
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