Resumen

MERCADO, Jorge. Violencia y migración, una representación colectiva. Estudio de caso en el municipio de Fresnillo, Zacatecas. Sociológica (Méx.) [online]. 2006, vol.21, n.62, pp.175-196. ISSN 2007-8358.

Today, violence linked to migratory flows and particularly to returning migrants is a phenomenon that affects communities where the migration rate is extremely high. This article analyzes the collective representations of part of the population in Fresnillo, Zacatecas, with regard to extreme situations associated with violence, drug consumption and sale, and prostitution, among others. It particularly examines the nexus that these social problems may have with international migration and its socio-cultural repercussions in communities of origin.

Palabras llave : violence; migration; social representations; gangs; drug trafficking.