History of forced displacement in Sinaloa (1970-2018)

Abstract

Forced displacement in Sinaloa has a historical process, which is pertinent to analyze, in order to understand this problem as a long-term process and, from there, find explanations to meet the needs of the population that has been affected by this phenomenon. This article begins in the seventies of the twentieth century, a time that, in the case of Sinaloa, the forced displacement of the population from the mountain regions to urban spaces was manifested, this as a consequence of the violence exerted by military corporations. In current times, the military presence in the mountain regions is a constant, such is the case of 2006, in which the so-called war on drug trafficking began, a phenomenon that we can follow until 2018, in which the military presence it was a constant. In the absence of the authorities in response to the problem of forced displacement in rural and indigenous communities, organized groups of citizens emerge with the common objective of helping them overcome their basic needs, such is the case of the Tarahumara Sinaloense Collective.