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Coyotaje and Drugs: Two Different Businesses
Author(s) -
IZCARA PALACIOS SIMÓN PEDRO
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
bulletin of latin american research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1470-9856
pISSN - 0261-3050
DOI - 10.1111/blar.12296
Subject(s) - organised crime , drug trafficking , political science , qualitative research , migrant workers , qualitative analysis , criminology , business , economic growth , sociology , law , economics , social science
This article, based on a qualitative methodology that includes in‐depth interviews with 85 migrant‐smugglers who operate at the border between M exico and the U nited S tates, addresses three research questions: do migrant‐smugglers take part in organised crime? Are criminal groups involved in migrant smuggling? And are migrant‐smugglers engaged in drug trafficking? It concludes that many smugglers have become part of organised crime groups but only after leaving the migrant‐smuggling business; that criminal organisations do not help migrants to cross the border; and that migrant‐smugglers do not carry drugs.