CONVERT THE STOLEN INTO MONEY. CIRCULATION NETWORKS OF STOLEN OBJECTS IN MEXICO CITY AND SANTIAGO DE CHILE (LATE 19TH CENTURY AND EARLY 20TH CENTURY)

UUsing a comparative approach to analyse judicial files on thefts and robberies, in this article's I study the dynamics of the circulation of stolen objects in Santiago of Chile, and Mexico City, from the end of the nineteenth to the beginning of the twentieth century. These dynamics involved subjects, practices, and urban spaces. In this way, I seek to make visible the actors involved in the economic circuits and their specific roles in the process, such as cover-ups, buyers of stolen goods, and resellers. I also highlight the practices of pawning, selling, and gifting as specific forms of illegal business transactions. Likewise, I will highlight a particularity of the loaning of garments, which corresponds to the circulation of pawn tickets. Finally, I identify certain businesses, markets, and neighbourhoods where this circulation would have occurred in each city.