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 ...

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.

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: An article in Monday’s Section A about followers of the sect of Santa Muerte misspelled the last name of Rick Nahmias, a photographer who has documented the movement, as Nahmais.

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.

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. Fernando Llano / AP ...

Bishop Mark Seitz, along with other bishops in the Southwest and in Mexico, are denouncing the skeleton folk saint known as ‘La Santa Muerte’ — or ‘Holy Death.” “It’s really in a ...

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) ...