Movilidad humana y crimigración en Pachuca de Soto: Migración en tránsito y vulnerabilidad estructural

This article examines human mobility with irregular migration status in the state of Hidalgo, focusing on Pachuca de Soto, through the perspectives of crimmigration, human rights, and structural vulnerability. It addresses transit migration and its risks using legal documents, academic literature, reports from non-governmental organizations, and news reports. Hidalgo, traditionally associated with labor emigration and the return of Mexican nationals, also forms part of Mexico’s transit migration corridors. Using a qualitative approach and documentary analysis, the article examines tensions between the formal recognition of rights and migration control practices, alongside the violence and exclusion described in the sources. The analysis relates the criminalization of mobility to circumstances that undermine migrants’ living conditions and increase their vulnerability. Documents concerning other locations in Mexico provide context and are not automatically treated as evidence specific to Pachuca de Soto.