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ALVAREZ VELASCO, Soledad. A la sombra del Miguel Hidalgo: análisis etnográfico del parque central de Tapachula. LiminaR [online]. 2010, vol.8, n.2, pp.129-152. ISSN 2007-8900.

An ethnographic exploration of the central park of Tapachula, el "Miguel Hidalgo", drops keys for understanding how, in silence and in the shadows of this urban site, social borders, distinctions and practices marked with normalized forms of violence towards undocumented migrants in transit, have been configured. By doing a localized analysis, it is possible to identify how this park, despite not being physically marginalized, is a social marginalized space. This fact has permitted that in its flipside a market for informal work of undocumented migrants and a point of operation of human trafficking and smuggling networks have been constituted.

Palavras-chave : socially marginalized spaces; undocumented transit migration; normalized violence; market for informal work; trafficking and smugging networks; social borders.