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In the following essay, the author analyzes some of the cultural processes involving violence and criminal behavior in Mexico and in Central America as well as the new social models adopted by the new generations of mareros in the context of “Globalization challenges”. The life of many mareros through the ‘ethno-fiction’ directed by Christian Poveda during 2009 is also taken into consideration. This film is an important work-tool for the understanding of the construction of youth-identity within the urban conflicts of Latin America. The author's research focuses on the mechanisms that have stimulated the rise of violence in Latin America; on the comparison of Latin American childhood's standards with European ones; on the question of globalization and human rights concerning the violence of the youngest generations in Latin America.