Ruiz Juárez, Carlos Ernesto and Martínez Velasco, Germán
Subjects
*INTERNATIONAL conflict, *SOCIAL conflict, *BORDERLANDS, *COMMERCE, *COMMERCE & culture, SOCIAL aspects, MEXICAN politics & government
Abstract
This paper analyzes processes of interaction, tension, conflict and economic interests in one of the major border areas between Mexico and Guatemala. Informal transborder trade involves several actors who have been building these processes pursuant to agency initiatives. From a conceptual perspective, supported by the dialectical relationship between the notions of a border the behavior of transborder actors, it is concluded that in the study area, an informal border-trade integration process has developed and its actors transcend the border, rendering that border permissive. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]