Narrativas de adolescentes explorados como “mulas” do narcotráfico proveniente da fronteira Brasil-Paraguai

Synthesize discussions regarding the issue of control mechanisms brought about by racism, criminal selectivity and the war on drugs, in the midst of the state penalty. Briefly present discussions regarding the reality of * Docente do Departamento de Serviço Social da UEL. Doutora em Serviço Social pela UNESP, Mestre em Educação pela UEM. Pós-doutora na Escola de Serviço Social da UFRJ. Revista Brasileira de História & Ciências Sociais – RBHCS Vol. 13 No 25, Edição Especial de 2021 368 adolescents exploited as mules on the international trafficking route from the Brazil Paraguay border. The debate stems from the doctoral thesis “Trajectories of adolescents apprehended as “mules” of drug transport in the border region (Paraná) Brazil Paraguay: exploitation of the workforce and criminalization of poverty. In this article focus on how the trips took place, bringing a little of the sensations, expectations, satisfactions, fears and risks that made them up. Hope that the article allows a brief approximation about the complex reality of boys and girls exploited as “mules” of drug trafficking, demonstrating how much they are subjected to double contradiction because, on the one hand, they are exploited by drug trafficking, on the other hand, they are criminalized in the midst of war on drugs and, on both sides, put them at constant risk, contributing to the composition of juvenicide.