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Policing Life and Thickening Delinquency at the New Frontier

2011; Wiley; Volume: 16; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1111/j.1935-4940.2011.01123.x

1935-4940

Gilberto Rosas,

Migration, Refugees, and Integration

The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean AnthropologyVolume 16, Issue 1 p. 24-40 Policing Life and Thickening Delinquency at the New Frontier Gilberto Rosas, Gilberto Rosas University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignSearch for more papers by this author Gilberto Rosas, Gilberto Rosas University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignSearch for more papers by this author First published: 07 April 2011 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1935-4940.2011.01123.xCitations: 8Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat RESUMENes Este artículo aborda lo que he llamado la "densificación de la delincuencia" de un grupo de jóvenes de la calle en Nogales, Sonora, México quienes se han autodenominado "Barrio Libre." La transformación de este grupo de jóvenes de molestia pública, a una amenazante pandilla transnacional, particularmente por sus cotidianos asaltos a los emigrantes indocumentados, está inextricablemente relacionada con preguntas sobre soberanía y prácticas de vigilancia policial en la "nueva frontera" entre Estados Unidos y México, con la ilegibilidad entre economías lícitas e ilícitas, y con las entreveradas tecnologías de racialización y criminalización. ABSTRACTen This article grapples with what I term the "thickening delinquency" of a group of homeless youths in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, who called themselves "Barrio Libre." Their transformation from public nuisances to a threatening menace of a transnational gang, particularly their practices of mugging would be undocumented migrants, proves inextricably tied to questions of policing and sovereignty at the new frontier between the United States and Mexico, the concomitant blurring of licit and illicit economies in this region, and intertwined technologies of racialization and criminalization. Citing Literature Volume16, Issue1April 2011Pages 24-40 RelatedInformation