Simón Pedro Izcara Palacios’s research while affiliated with Autonomous University of Tamaulipas and other places

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Publications (10)


Migration and violence: the caravans of Central American Migrants
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December 2022

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Revista Colombiana de Sociología

Simón Pedro Izcara Palacios

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Descriptores: México, cárteles de las drogas, migración, violencia.

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Migración y violencia: las caravanas de migrantes centroamericanos

July 2022

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Revista Colombiana de Sociología

Central American migrants transiting through Mexico to reach the United States are subjected to abductions, rape, and enforced disappearances. From October 2018 Central American migrants began to move in large groups known as migrant caravans to defend themselves against harassment by the authorities and the aggressions of organized crime. Unlike the traditional subreptitious migration model, the caravan migration model is bustling, visible, collective, and is imbued with a denunciation character. However, violence scenarios also emerged inside the caravans. The purpose of this article is to examine the forms of violence suffered by Central American migrants who joined the caravans. This research is based on a qualitative methodological approach. The technique used for collecting discursive material was the in-depth interview. From July 2019 to February 2020, 24 Central American migrants (9 males and 15 women) were interviewed in four geographical areas of Mexico: Tamaulipas, Nuevo León, Mexico City, and Puebla. We selected adults who joined one of the caravans formed during October and November of 2018 but abandoned the caravans to migrate alone due to scenarios of violence occurring inside the caravans. The results show that women suffered the most violent situations. Women complained about everyday violence originating from interactions with the other actors in the social field of migration. Many women were victims of routine practices and expressions of interpersonal aggressions initiated by their male peers. To escape from everyday violence interviewed women decided to abandon the security of advancing as a group to emigrate alone. On the other hand, interviewed men left the caravans because they somatized a vision and division of the world that defined them as guilty and not deserving.








Central American Women Trafficked to Texas

December 2018

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The United States is the most important destination country for sex trafficking victims from Latin America. In over 20 states, including Texas, have been identified cases of international sex trafficking. This article, based on qualitative interviews with 9 sex traffickers operating in Texas and 23 women from Central America trafficked to Texas, aims to describe how Mexican sex trafficking networks operate in Texas, and examine the characteristics of Central American women trafficked to this state. We conclude that some of the women transported by sex traffickers know they are going to work in the sex industry, while others, principally underage girls, are deceived into thinking they will work in a different activity.

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... More than two-fifths (44.5%) of the interviewees were born in Guatemala; one third (33.3%) of the interviewees originated from El Salvador and more than one-tenth (11.1%) came both from Honduras and Nicaragua (see table 1). The methodological rigor of this study is anchored in the following elements: (i.) the recording and literal transcription of all qualitative material; (ii.) the use of a guide that included a few minimum information requirements; (iii.) the selection of informants willing to talk extensively about their experiences; (iv.) the continuation of data gathering to the point of saturation; (v.) prolonged residence in the field; (vi.) guaranteed anonymity regarding the information collected, and vii.) the selection of a large number of locations for fieldwork (Izcara Palacios & Andrade Rubio, 2022aRubio, & 2022b. ...

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Congress Proceedings November 3-4, 2022-1-11
Migración y violencia: las caravanas de migrantes centroamericanos

Revista Colombiana de Sociología