Barrio Libre: Criminalizing States and Delinquent Refusals of the New Frontier

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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 live to tell the tale, ceaselessly preying on undocumented migrants who navigate the city’s sewer system to cross the United States-Mexico border. In this book, Gilberto Rosas draws on his in-depth ethnographic research a number of the members of Barrio Libre to take into account 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 even supposing these youths participate in the victimization of others, they must 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 keep watch over, he shows how the militarization of the border if truth be told destabilized the region and led Barrio Libre to turn to an increasing number of 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 United States-Mexico border.

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