Matthew Robb situates El Árbol de la Muerte: Maquilando Mujeres within both deep symbolic history and the specific political context of the 1990s. Referencing the Coyolxauhqui Stone, he draws parallels to the work’s critique of post-NAFTA industrialization, which drew poor women into factory labor along the U.S.–Mexico border. By naming corporations and highlighting systemic exploitation, the piece exposes how economic policies and political interests have long marginalized vulnerable communities, linking ancient narratives to ongoing struggles for justice.