Resumen:

La migración temporal o definitiva que realizaron indígenas tzotziles de los Altos de Chiapas a las regiones del Soconusco y Motozintla, a finales del siglo XIX y las primeras décadas del XX, para incorporarse al trabajo en plantaciones y fincas cafetaleras, ha sido objeto de numerosos trabajos. Pocos esfuerzos se han hecho para comprender la migración que en esos mismos años emprendieron familias tzotziles a otras regiones del estado, en las que también desempeñaron un papel importante como mano de obra o bien como pequeños productores que cultivaron tierras baldías o nacionales. Este texto pretende aportar elementos para comprender las otras rutas de la migración tzotzil de finales del siglo XIX y principios del XX, en particular la que realizaron algunas familias originarias de San Juan Chamula a los pueblos de Tapilula y Coapilla, región históricamente zoque.

Palabras clave: historia; migrantes; tzotziles; región zoque

Abstract:

The temporary or definitive migration of the Tzotzil Indians of the Highlands of Chiapas to the regions of the Soconusco and Motozintla, at the end of the 19th century and the first decades of the 20th, in order to incorporate themselves in work on plantation and coffee farms, has been the object of many studies. Little effort has been made to understand the migrations that Tztotzil families, during the same years, who went to other regions of the state where they also played an important part as laborers, or as small producers who established themselves in empty or national lands. This text pretends to contribute additional information in order to understand the other routes of Tzotzil migration, during the last of the 19th and beginnings of the 20th centuries, especially those that Indian families from San Juan Chamula realized to the towns of Tapilula and Coapilla, a region historically zoque.

Key Words: History; migration; tzotzils; zoque region