The social field of migrant smuggling and the self-designation of Mexican migrant smugglers

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AudienciaPúblico en generales_ES
CoberturaMéxicoes_ES
Fecha de ingreso2026-10-05T16:33:52Z
Fecha de publicación2025-01-01
ResumenThere is a certain consensus in the academic community on the need to establish a terminological differentiation between the different actors involved in migrant smuggling due to the existence of a correlation between the semantic values of the terms used to designate migrant smugglers and the social field of facilitation of irregular migration. The aim of this research is to examine whether the migrant smugglers interviewed referred to themselves with different terms depending on the degree of hierarchy of the networks in which they participated, the geographical origin of the migrants they transported, and the sex and activity of the latter. This research is based on a qualitative methodology. Qualitative interviews were conducted with 36 Mexican migrant smugglers integrated into networks of different degrees of hierarchy, transporting migrants with different geographical origins, sexes and activities. The term used by most of the interviewees to refer to their activity was that of pollero. Likewise, the different degree of hierarchy, geographical origin, sex and activity of the migrants transported by human smugglers did not correlate with the terms with which the interviewees called themselves. We conclude that the non-differentiation in the lexicon used to name those who facilitate irregular border crossing allows the damage caused by border control policies to be attributed to states, rather than to migrant smugglers.es_ES
Doihttps://doi.org/10.15381/lengsoc.v24i2.30393es_ES
URIhttps://riuat.uat.edu.mx/handle/123456789/5619
Idiomaeses_ES
EditorialUniversidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcoses_ES
RelaciónLengua y Sociedades_ES
URL relacionadohttps://doi.org/10.15381/lengsoc.v24i2.30393es_ES
DerechosAcceso abierto (Metadatos de producción científica)es_ES
Licenciahttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2es_ES
FuenteLengua y Sociedad
Palabra clavecoyotees_ES
Palabra clavefacilitatores_ES
Palabra clavemigrant smuggleres_ES
Palabra clavepolleroes_ES
Palabra claveU.S.-Mexico borderes_ES
TítuloThe social field of migrant smuggling and the self-designation of Mexican migrant smugglerses_ES
Título alternativoLe champ social du coyotaje et l’autodénomination des trafiquants mexicains]; [O campo social da introdução clandestina de migrantes e a autodesignação dos traficantes de migrantes mexicanos]; [El campo social del coyotaje y la autodenominación de los traficantes mexicanoses_ES
TipoArtículoes_ES
ArbitradoHa sido Arbitradoes_ES
AutorIzcara-Palacios, Simón Pedro
AutorAndrade-Rubio, Karla Lorena
AutorIzcara-Palacios, Simón Pedroes_ES
AutorAndrade-Rubio, Karla Lorenaes_ES
InstituciónUniversidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas
InstituciónUniversidad Autónoma de Tamaulipases_ES
Número2es_ES
URL relacionadahttps://doi.org/10.15381/lengsoc.v24i2.30393
Tipo de artículoIndexado
Tipo de artículoIndexadoes_ES
Volumen24es_ES

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