Gonzalez, who sports a tattoo of La Santa Muerte on her back, holds an annual event in August in the saint’s honor, with mariachis and a feast. “All I have to do I ask for her guidance and she ...

Santuario de la Santa Muerte in Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, is one of the largest places devoted to Santa Muerte in Mexico. (Photo: Alejandro Linares Garcia,CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons ...

Santa Muerte Drug Idol Updated: 8:05 AM MDT Apr 15, 2013 Editorial Standards ⓘ ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — At first glance, La Santa Muerte appears like the Grim Reaper.

“Honestly, I’ve been very bad. I did things I shouldn’t have, but God gave me a second chance and thanks to God, I discovered Santa Muerte.” The origins of La Santa Muerte are unclear.

Like Mexico’s Day of the Dead holiday, the Santa Muerte is honored on Nov. 1 and 2. Roman Catholic leaders in Mexico have condemned the deity’s connection to violence and the illicit drug trade.

See About archive blog posts. More than 35 statues dedicated to Santa Muerte, or Saint Death, have been removed from around the border city of Nuevo Laredo by officials, reports the Associated Press.

November 2, 2024 0 33 MEXICO CITY (AP) — 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.