Terminal velocity: The speed of extortion in Guatemala City

• Published in: Environment and planning. A Vol. 53; no. 5; pp. 977 - 991
• Main Author: O’Neill, Kevin Lewis
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.08.2021
• Subjects: Guatemala City; Speed; temporality; microbuses; extortion; traffic

Guatemala City is racked by the practice of extortion: the act of obtaining goods and/or money through the threat of force. Transportation workers are a particularly vulnerable population, with a homicide rate four times the national average. While social scientists, policy experts, and asylum advoc...