Portal de Periódicos da CAPES

El cautivo y su instrumentalización en las relaciones fronterizas tras el Tratado de Guadalupe-Hidalgo

2011; Spanish National Research Council; Volume: 68; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Espanhol

10.3989/aeamer.2011.v68.i1.530

1988-4273

Francisco Javier Sánchez Moreno,

Gender, Violence, Rights in Latin America

This article studies the role that the search, rescue and redemption of the nomadic Indian captives play inside the relationships between Mexico and United States of America. In general terms, we suggest that the captives were an instrument used by both sides to communicate a political message when the Rio Bravo consolidated as an international border. Moreover it was useful to increase contacts among authorities’ and people of both countries. It expresses a public and private convergence of interests in this matter.