El dramático peregrinar de las mujeres migrantes en tránsito por el estado de Sinaloa, México: experiencias antes, durante y después de la pandemia de Covid 19

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The situation of Mexican and Central American migrant women in transit through Mexico is analyzed. An updated diagnosis is shown in order to document and pay in the migratory studies by rescuing their experiences lived during their journey through Sinaloa. It is based on the assumption that migrant women who cross the Mexican Pacific Route are victims of discrimination, racism, inequality and gender violence due to the lack of security or social inclusion mechanisms. This condition of vulnerability generates impacts and consequences of identity, physical and mental, which is aggravated when it is the Mexican State that pays for migrants to opt for clandestine routes, leaving them at the mercy of criminal organizations. In addition, the arrival of the Covid 19 pandemic made the conditions of these women vulnerable and intensified U.S. immigration policy along with the ineffectiveness of the Mexican and Central American government system in the face of the handling of the health crisis and migration. Faced with such a situation, migration did not stop, on the contrary, it continued and today it is increasing. To achieve the objectives and assumptions raised, this research is based on a qualitative approach to explain and understand the subjective, individual and group interactions and meanings of the women analyzed. Two hundred and fifty semi-structured interviews carried out in 5 periods of time (years 2017, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024) are used.Among the main findings, it is highlighted that patriarchal structural violence continues to be present from the moment of departure and throughout the migrant's journey. Faced with such a situation, they must carry out their own survival strategies due to insecurity and lack of protection from the immigration authorities of Mexico, Central America and the United States. Keywords: Migrant women in transit, Sinaloa, experiences, pandemic.