The city of Nogales straddles the border running between Arizona
and Sonora, Mexico. On the Mexican side, marginalized youths
calling themselves Barrio Libre (Free 'Hood) employ violence,
theft, and bribery to survive, often preying on undocumented
migrants who navigate the city's sewer system to cross the
US-Mexico border. In this book, Gilberto Rosas draws on his
in-depth ethnographic research among the members of Barrio Libre to
understand why they have embraced criminality and how neoliberalism
and security policies on both sides of the border have affected the
youths' descent into Barrio Libre.
Rosas argues that although these youths participate in the
victimization of others, they should not be demonized. They are
complexly and adversely situated. The effects of NAFTA have forced
many of them, as well as other Mexicans, to migrate to Nogales.
Moving fluidly with the youths through the spaces that they inhabit
and control, he shows how the militarization of the border actually
destabilized the region and led Barrio Libre to turn to
increasingly violent activities, including drug trafficking. By
focusing on these youths and their delinquency, Rosas demonstrates
how capitalism and criminality shape perceptions and experiences of
race, sovereignty, and resistance along the US-Mexico border.
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