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Revista Colombiana de Antropología
versión impresa ISSN 0486-6525versión On-line ISSN 2539-472X
Resumen
BEDOYA, Luis. Extortion, popular victimization, and social cleansing in Guatemala City at turn of the 21 st century. Rev. colomb. antropol. [online]. 2022, vol.58, n.3, pp.115-138. Epub 01-Sep-2022. ISSN 0486-6525. https://doi.org/10.22380/2539472x.2359.
During the first years of the 21st Century, Guatemala experienced an increase in violent crime and homicides. In urban settings, youth gangs, or maras, extortion, and practices of social cleansing, became relevant. Since 2004, human rights activists denounced the state enforcer of social cleansing policies against alleged criminals, particularly gangs members. Even as this undoubtedly the case, however the social cleansing began earlier, when victims of extortive depredation became executioners of alleged extortionists. This article analyzed the practices of social cleansing during that period as a phenomenon related to the formation of the criminal question, the extortive victimization, as well as to the popular and state vigilantist practices.
Palabras clave : extortion; social cleansing; vigilantism; gangs; Guatemala.