La Mara, la historia interminable. La migración centroamericana en el relato neopolicial de Rafael Ramírez Heredia

Abstract

La Mara is one of Rafel Ramírez Heredias's works (Mexican), which ventures into the Latin-American neo-detective narrative. This article aims to present how well the writer uses the genre, incorporating its particular characteristics and discussing one of the most serious problems issues relating emigration on the border of Mexico and Guatemala, where elements relating to violence, drug dealing, prostitution and the presence of Mara Salvatrucha, a gang which spreads from the United States to various countries in Central America.