Typology of Journeys of Honduran Migrant Men in Transit Through Mexico

The objective of this work is to analyze the types of journeys undertaken by Honduran migrant men in irregular transit through Mexican territory to the United States, by focusing on a set of characteristics of the journeys that are directly shaped by the agency of migrants: the use of coyotes (smugglers), the selection of routes, modes of transport, the support of assistance networks, and being employed en route. Based on data from the Survey on Migration on the Southern Border, a latent class analysis is used to identify groups (classes) of migrants who made the same types of journeys, that is, they had similar response patterns with respect to the selected indicators. Additionally, the article analyzes how the types of journeys are stratified according to migrants' socioeconomic status. As a result of the analysis, three types of migrations in transit are identified: migrants who travel "supported by coyotes"; those "supported by assistance networks" and those who migrate "autonomously".