Probability For Murder In The Maquiladoras Analysis

In the annual household survey, conducted by the Bureau of Justice Statistics earlier this year, it was reported that 84 out of 100 incidents of rape or sexual misconduct were reported by women (FiveThirtyEight). In most cases, when women immigrate to the United States they are either alone or have paid a great deal of money to have a smuggler help them on their journey to reach the US and Mexico border, which means that they are in a situation where they are very vulnerable, which can lead to them getting raped, or even murdered. Throughout the novel “Enrique’s Journey”, Nazario writes about how Enrique witnessed the rape of a seventeen-year-old girl named Wendy while heading to America. She too was immigrating when Chiapas, a gang group, took her. “‘If you scream,’ he says, ‘we cut you to bits.’ Then he rapes her.” (97). Having Nazario write about the gang rape of a young woman immigrating to America has a very powerful effect on the reader because it shows the trauma that thousands of women go through when looking for a better

This report provides data on Mexico which includes the economy, geography, its society, and government. It also discusses how Mexico’s economy is becoming orientated toward manufacturing. In addition, it shows that the GDP rate is not growing. The report explores the transnational issues facing the country which are international conflicts, refugees and domestically displaced persons, and drug trafficking. This source will contribute to my final project because it provides facts on the measures I am using to determine the development of a country.

     The author of Mexican Lives, Judith Adler Hellman, grapples with the United States’ economic relationship with their neighbors to the south, Mexico. It also considers, through many interviews, the affairs of one nation. It is a work held to high esteem by many critics, who view this work as an essential part in truly understanding and capturing Mexico’s history. In Mexican Lives, Hellman presents us with a cast from all walks of life. This enables a reader to get more than one perspective, which tends to be bias. It also gives a more inclusive view of the nation of Mexico as a whole. Dealing with rebel activity, free trade, assassinations and their transition into the modern age, it justly

Globalization: a process of interaction between the social, economic and political systems of different nations, a process powered by international trade and investment. Some assert that globalization encourages the spread of more “enlightened and egalitarian” Western values and international tolerance, while others believe that this phenomenon harms more than it helps and fosters an uncontrolled and abusive economic environment. There is no shortage of opinions on the matter, though one sure point of fact is that globalization affects all aspects of modern life, including the murky world of gendered violence. Between the signing of NAFTA in 1992 and the middle of 2002, just shy of three hundred blue-collar female factory workers were murdered in the border town of Juarez, Mexico. However, these numbers are simply the tip of the iceberg when compared to the four-hundred-and-fifty additional disappearances during that decade, a grand total that is only increasing with each passing year. In short, these murders eventually sparked international intrigue and distress, forcing the world to take a closer look at some of the uglier consequences of globalization. Essentially, the femicides of Juarez are simply a symptom of a patriarchal society unconcerned with the lives of its workforce, a culture that values products more than the people who produce them: the overlapping timelines of the Juarez

The topic of immigration is quite a delicate matter for most of the Americans, and understandably so, as it does have some significant impact economically as well as socially. But in the midst of this intricacy, are the lives of those immigrants who are brutalized frequently and face severe consequences because of their choice to settle to a different country. The theme of “$4000: The Price of a Mexican” written by Patrisia Gonzales and Roberto Rodriguez is how Mexicans who have migrated to the United States are often dehumanized and their lives are considered worthless, but most of all, about how commonplace it has become for Americans to do so. The article also draws attention to how the punishment for killing a Mexican worker is worse than the one given for killing a dog. The writers

and Mexican governments and awareness campaigns carried out between 2013-2014 successfully sent the message to residents of the primary sending countries in Central America. However, Central American men, women and children continue to travel north into the migrant trail and across Mexico. The analysis of The Beast Riding the Rails and Dodging Narcos on the Migrant Trail by Oscar Martinez offers concrete, systematic evidence of the relative weight crime victimization plays in the migration decision. The Beast allows us to understand why these individuals continue to make the trip when seemingly fully aware o the dangers involved and supports to suggest that no matter what the dangers of migration may be in the future it is preferably to a present-day life of crime and violence endured in the Northern Triangle. Having such knowledge of what motivates Central Americans to consider migration and understanding the influence of this prior knowledge in their decision for immigration along with an understanding of how preceding U.S. and Mexican efforts to deter immigration grants the United States government to understand immigration patterns and a possible solution for mass migration crisis. The current migration dilemma and book proposes the possibility of a different attempt on behalf of the United States government to deter migration from the Northern

The story illustrates the overlapping influences of women’s status and roles in Mexican culture, and the social institutions of family, religion, economics, education, and politics. In addition, issues of physical and mental/emotional health, social deviance and crime, and social and personal identity are

The first elements Zuloaga points out is that “the protection of the Mexican cultural industry never came up”. (Zuolaga,2001) Indeed, the NAFTA agreements made between major world powers, it is expected that many will question the validity of these agreements on an equality scale for Mexico, known as a weak country on many levels.

As a major contributor to the global economy, Mexico’s sweatshops have contributed to the United States’ wealth and economic growth. It is the unfortunate truth that many individual workers have suffered as a result of this prosperity. The sweatshops, known as maquiladoras, are in debate because of the ethical and lawful reasoning behind their existence and conditions. How can we, as a First-world nation, allow such industries to exist where people are denied basic and fundamental human rights? What, if any, laws and regulations are put into place for the maquiladoras? Are these laws and regulations hindering, harmful, or helpful? Are they enforced emphatically? If not, how does this affect development? After

This documentary has three main objectives; the first of them explains what femicide is based on the crimes presented in Ciudad Juarez in order to give a complete overview of this issue, such as the impunity of the crimes and the high number of cases of women that had been assaulted. In addition to this, it was considered that more than 1.500 women had disappeared and more than 500 hundred were murdered in that city due to the assaults and acts of violence provoked by men. The second objective is related to the media and how this phenomenon becomes a well-recognized issue and was highly spread around the country. The last objective and the most important for my research, explains the causes and motivates for femicide in that country. Some

The United States has led the fight against criminal activities from Mexican borders for many years. Criminal activities along the United States and Mexican border range from drug trafficking, human smuggling and an economy that disruptive. These are illegal activities scholars have argued could lead to the failure of Mexico as a country and the spread of violence to the United States. The illegal activities are not only a threat to the economy of Mexico and United States but also to the rest of the world due the impacts associated. The border between Mexico and US is of essential significance because it provides the link between the two countries. The border provides passageways through which either country can access the other via land or air means. Although the border is of significance to both countries, smuggling of drugs and trafficking human are main causes of violence between the countries. Drug cartels in Mexico smuggle drugs into the United States and this drives a war between them and the US government. The economy and the peace between Mexico and US is also affected significantly due to the illegal activities. To minimize the violence caused by these illegal activities, the US government need to act against the activities. The United States needs to increase the economic aid and military intervention to Mexico to fight the drug cartels, otherwise it could become a failed state; spreading more violence across the US border.

Across Mexico, female activists are chanting, “We want to stay alive,” in demonstrations to end violence against women (Driver, We Want to Stay Alive 40). In Mexico, about six women are murdered every day (Kahn). This violence against women is known as femicide or feminicide. To be exact, femicide is the murder of women by males because of their gender, whereas feminicide is a political term that emphasizes “the murder of women based on misogynist ideas like honor, shame, and control of women’s bodies.” (Driver, We Want to Stay Alive 40). Both activists of femicide and feminicide fight for the same cause: to stop the mistreatment and killings of women. Femicide has been a frequent and growing problem in Mexico ever since the 1990s, especially in the city of Juárez (Driver, We Want to Stay Alive 42). It has become an accepted phenomenon because of the cultural aspects behind it. Although the government has attempted to end femicide, it has not been proven efficient at actually doing so. Due to the normalization of violence against women and the lack of government attention placed on protecting women, there has been a rapid increase in femicide in Mexico; the federal government of Mexico must recognize these gender-related crimes and broaden their legislature to prevent and abolish femicide.

Foreign governments are making efforts in combating the growing issue of human trafficking in their perspective country, however, Guatemala only reaches the minimal standard requirements that complies with the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA). In fact, when establishing the location Guatemala plays on human trafficking, it serves as a source, transit, and destination country (U.S. Department of the State, 2016). The country’s standpoint on continuing efforts in combating trafficking affects all countries where any victim has been trafficked from, trafficked through, or forced to work in. The purpose of this essay is to analyze the Guatemalan governments’ current and past efforts in eliminating human trafficking and debating the Trafficking

In past years, Latin American countries have been arduously fighting against gangs and drugs, which are the main cause of armed conflicts. Mexico’s increasing rates of death are mostly centered in the big cities, where drug trafficking and consumption just keep growing. 15,000 people were killed in fights last year, according a survey studying armed conflicts directed by the London-based Institute for Strategic Study in 2015. Many victims affected were girls and women.

The right to fair wages and reasonable working hours and days to rest are all recognized by International on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (IICESCR). According to the Human Rights report entitled "Owed Justice" the women interviewed were "given no compensation at all for months or longer, while they worked excessively long hours - without days off for rest or, in some cases, denied them access to health services, and medication; compelled them to accept physically abusive clients; and coerced them into performing sexual services without condoms, exposing them to the risk of contract HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases." Women were constantly under surveillance and due to the threats of some type of retaliation if they tried to escape from their captors the frightened women. The women in Juarez need the work badly and will work in any type of condition necessary to sustain employment. Many of the theories held in the murders come from the women being photographed for their ID card and then being picked from those photos for trafficking