Between memory and pain. The trackers of El Fuerte and their work in the search for missing persons in northern Sinaloa.

Abstract

This text reflects on forced disappearance as a social manifestation of violence in Sinaloa (Mexico) based on the actions of the Las Rastreadoras de El Fuerte collective. From there, the following specific objectives were developed: to present the experiences of the members of the Las Rastreadoras de El Fuerte collective; recognize its members, through their memories, as victims of violence in Sinaloa, and contribute to the knowledge of forced disappearance in Sinaloa. The theoretical-methodological perspective that was proposed for the study of forced disappearance and the search groups in the north of Sinaloa sought to achieve a correspondence between the concepts, methods, and empirical data, for which a qualitative investigation was proposed, through the approach by authors such as Jelin (2002), Ricoeur (2004) and Fals Borda (2009), among others. By way of conclusion, we can say that this research, it is exposed how violence moves from a social scenario, which is shown daily in our country, towards institutionalized violence, that is, that which is exercised by the military and police forces against the civilian population, as well as that violence carried out by organized crime organizations