Santa Muerte (Saint of Death or Our Holy Lady of Death) is a Mexican folk saint whose devotion has seen a significant rise over the past few decades. Known for her skeletal figure and association with ...
A local leader of the Mexican folk saint cult "La Santa Muerte" was gunned down at an altar to the skeletal figure late Friday, authorities said. Two other people were killed and eight injured in the ...
FILE - A statue of "Nuestra Señora de la Santa Muerte," or Our Lady of Holy Death, is displayed for sale in Mexico City's Tepito neighborhood, Nov. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File) MEXICO CITY ...
ARCHIVO - Una estatua de "Nuestra Señora de la Santa Muerte" se exhibe para la venta en el barrio de Tepito, en la Ciudad de México, el 1 de noviembre de 2022. (Foto AP/Fernando Llano, Archivo) CIUDAD ...
Jim Griffith Special to the Arizona Daily Star Apr 1, 2014 Apr 1, 2014 Updated Apr 20, 2016 Let’s pretend we have our passports in order and have crossed the border at Nogales. After we pass a big ...
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The Saint of Death

Santa Muerte, the skeletal figure dressed in robes and wielding a scythe, is one of the fastest-growing religious movements in the Western Hemisphere. Though often linked to drug cartels and criminals ...