The Unresolved History and Genealogy of Forced Displacement in Mexico

This article reconstructs symbolic elements and practices that underline the recent dispute over the characterization and nature of “forced displacement” in Mexico. The point of departure for this analysis is that of the contemporary Mexican context in which political and criminal violence are often...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Robledo Silvestre, Carolina
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:Ecuador
Institución:Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales
Repositorio:Revista ICONOS
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec:article/1854
Acceso en línea:https://iconos.flacsoandes.edu.ec/index.php/iconos/article/view/1854
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Desaparecimento forçado
guerra suja
guerra contra as drogas
direitos humanos
México.
Forced displacement
dirty war
victims
the war on drugs
human rights
Desaparición forzada
guerra sucia
víctimas
guerra contra las drogas
derechos humanos
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Sumario:This article reconstructs symbolic elements and practices that underline the recent dispute over the characterization and nature of “forced displacement” in Mexico. The point of departure for this analysis is that of the contemporary Mexican context in which political and criminal violence are often interlinked. This has resulted in new challenges when attending to the demands of the victims of these crimes. These new challenges necessitate a questioning of the limits and scope of human rights discourse in relation to forced displacement in Mexico. The conclusions of this study emphasize the necessity to “vernacularize” the typology of forced displacement in order to challenge the forms of exclusion established by the existing definitions.