The objective of this study was to statistically analyze differences in the allocation of projects and financial resources by the North American Development Bank in the US-Mexico border region. The method uses a quantitative approach, based on the bank's databases from 1995 to 2024. It was found that there is generally balance in both project approvals and financial resources allocated at the country level; however, at the sector and state levels, some significant differences were found. The originality lies essentially in the absence of specific literature on the topic. The main conclusion was to show a reasonable balance in the allocation of financial resources in countries and states with notoriously distant economies. The greatest limitation may stem from the accuracy of the information published by the bank. Its implication is essentially to provide visibility to the bank's actions.

This article contextualizes the rise of migratory flows from Asia and Africa to the Tijuana-San Diego border between 2021 and 2024. The study uses a mixed design with a quantitative core: it systematizes and compares administrative records from Mexico’s INM/UPMRIP and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (USCBP), and it interprets them through specialized scholarship and policy documents. Findings show a rapid shift in flow composition: Mexico reported Asian apprehensions rising from 1 786 in 2021 to 45 877 in 2023 and African apprehensions from 2 066 to 59 498; in the United States, extra-regional detentions increased alongside the expansion of the “Other” category. The evidence points to new routes and growing pressure on reception and control capacities. The article concludes that border governance requires effective binational coordination and finer statistical disaggregation. A key limitation lies in official statistics, which may undercount irregular migration and embed classification biases.

This article analyzes the challenges faced by Migrant Girls, Boys, and Adolescents (NNAM) in accessing Mexico's National Educational System (SEN). The main issues of enrollment, lack of documentation, and educational adaptation for this vulnerable population are examined. Through a mixed-methods approach, data from the National Transparency System for the 2023 and 2024 school years are analyzed. The results highlight a reduction in migrant enrollment, difficulties in identifying students' origins, and the need for inclusive educational policies. The study concludes that despite regulatory advances, administrative and infrastructural obstacles persist, affecting the inclusion of NNAM. It proposes the implementation of more effective registration strategies and a flexible education system that guarantees the universal right to education for this population. Keywords: Migration, Migrant Children, National Educational System, Educational Inclusion, Human Rights

Se examinan identidades etnolingüísticas de hispanohablantes de herencia que habitan la región fronteriza del área metropolitana internacional de San Diego-Tijuana mediante el análisis crítico del discurso de narrativas escritas por estudiantes de un curso universitario avanzado. El objetivo fue determinar las identidades lingüísticamente indexadas mediante etiquetas auto-reportadas para desarrollar mejores prácticas pedagógicas que aborden la identidad etnolingüística en el aula de lengua heredada. Se encontró que la mayoría de los participantes se reconocían como miembros de su grupo étnico, poco más de un tercio se identificó únicamente con la cultura de herencia, y ninguno se identificó solo como estadounidense. Además, el bilingüismo y el biculturalismo se incluyeron como rasgo identitario, junto con la lengua heredada, reportada por casi la mitad. Finalmente, la etiqueta más relacionada con el spanglish y las prácticas transnacionales fue “mexicana/o”. También se presentan datos cualitativos y recomendaciones para mejores prácticas educativas relacionadas con la identidad etnolingüística.

This article analyzes the impact of the Jóvenes Construyendo el Futuro (JCF) program implemented in Mexico since 2019 with the objective of offering subsidized job training for unemployed individuals without formal education who are at risk of engaging in criminal activities leading to intentional homicides. Interrupted time series were analyzed, both with and without control groups, were conducted to determine if changes in the level and trend of intentional homicides are associated with the implementation of this program. These analyses were complemented by linear regression models for a cross-sectional assessment of the program’s impact. Results indicate that, despite an observed reduction in homicide levels and trends at the national level following the implementation of the JCF program, state-level analyses suggest that such reductions could be attributed to other factors.

The article aims to explain the configuration of socio-community bioresistences and legal strategies negotiated by the Yaqui people (yoemem) in Sonora, Mexico, in response to state mechanisms aimed at perpetuating the delegitimization of their territory. A qualitative approach is employed, including a literature review, Foucault’s theories of power, interviews with key informants in the Vícam and Pótam villages in Sonora, as well as records of observations at Yaqui community meetings. The results show that this community is developing both social and instrumental resilience strategies. The article concludes that harmonization of the national legal framework with international laws is necessary to ensure an effective recognition of Yaqui customary law. Although the study focuses on the Yaqui community in Mexico, it highlights the importance of their transnational processes of resistance to defend their cultural identity, territory, and water resources.

This article aims to highlight the conditions directly impacting the migrant population in specific sociohistorical contexts on the Colombia-Venezuela and Mexico-Central America borders. Here, a precarious situation worsens, aggravated by violence. These are conditions associated with problems of a political order, which highlight the role of persistent violence in the deterioration of a dignified life, precipitating the decision to migrate and turning mobility into the only strategy to preserve life. An examination of the particular circumstances shows that the changes in cross-border dynamics are related to state actions that favor border control, a persistent precariousness of the population in transit deepened by criminal activities and some social responses that oscillate between assistance and protection of the migrant population, alongside the hostility that accompanies stigmatization.

Due to recent labor reforms and the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) negotiation, Mexico ratified freedom of association and collective bargaining rights. This new labor model promises the end of employer protection unions that thwart labor organizing and drive down wages. Through an ethnographic case study of farm labor organizing in the agro-export industry in San Quintín, Baja California, Mexico, this article argues that recent labor reforms are not sufficient to democratize labor relations in rural industries as they fail to overcome regional and transnational power structures. Although limited to one case, this article fills a gap in the literature on the impact of recent labor reforms on farmworkers. Mexico’s salaried agricultural workers offer critical insights into the promises and failures of current efforts to reform labor laws and remediate the adverse effects of economic integration.

The objective of this article is to analyze violence against women on the border between Brazil (state of Mato Grosso do Sul) and Paraguay (Department of Amambay) through online journalistic reports and the legislation of both countries. From readings of decolonial feminism, it was possible to identify and describe how these information channels give visibility to gender violence on that border. Qualitative research of documentary analysis was carried out with the use of the descriptors women and violence. Femicide is the most recurrent crime in the twin cities; its modus operandi sometimes has characteristics equivalent to execution-type crimes and is usually perpetrated by people close to the victim. It is hoped that this study will contribute to the awareness and visibility of violence against women in this border region.

This article analyzes the spatial behavior of social and economic factors associated with car theft in Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico. For this, the data of car theft reports issued (from January 2016 to December 2018) before the Attorney General’s Office of the state of Tamaulipas were analyzed. The information on the social and economic variables was obtained from the Census of Population and Housing 2020 at the level of basic geostatistical area and the National Statistical Directory of Economic Units. The methodology consisted of a negative binomial regression, a simple regression, and a geographically weighted regression, both Poisson types to incorporate the non-stationarity spatial component. The results indicate that restaurants and banks are crime-attracting nodes and that the variables of routine activities present heterogeneous spatial patterns depending on the area of the city where they are present.