Migración forzada y procesos de violencia: Los migrantes centroamericanos en su paso por México

This article, based on a review of multiple sources and in particular non-governmental organization reports, argues that the particular cross-border and irregular human mobility of Central Americans addressed by the shelters and houses of the Documentation Network of Migrant Defense Organizations (REDODEM) in 2015 can be analyzed using the category of forced migration. The use of this concept makes it possible: 1) to address the structural causes of migration; 2) to investigate the transit processes of migrants in contexts of heightened vulnerability; 3) to account for the violence suffered by migrants and the lack of respect for their human rights (in Mexico). Reviewing various studies on the subject and in particular reports on the situation of Central Americans in transit in Mexico by the Documentation Network of Migrant Defense Organizations (REDODEM), this article reports on forced migration of Central Americans for a given period (2015) and focusing on three processes. One of the contributions of the work is to show that the processes of violence are not generalized and are mostly concentrated in certain specific locations; moreover, it describes that the processes of violence are differentiated according to the type of migrant and the social actor or institution that commits the crime.