Popular in Mexico, and sometimes linked to the illicit drug trade, the skeleton saint known as La Santa Muerte in recent years has found a robust and diverse following north of the border ...

A Leader of Mexican Folk Saint Cult 'La Santa Muerte' Is Killed at an Altar to the Skeletal Figure MEXICO CITY (AP) — A local leader of the Mexican folk saint cult “La Santa Muerte” was ...

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: This is also a season when people invoke la Santa Muerte - or the Death Saint. ANDREW CHESNUT: She is the saint who never discriminates, because death accepts everybody.

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 ...

CHICAGO — Devotos de la Santa Muerte, en su mayoría inmigrantes mexicanos, rinden en Chicago (Illinois) culto a la imagen que parece una figura esquelética y con una guadaña en la mano y que ...

Con solemnidad y una emoción arrolladora, los devotos de la Santa Muerte visitan su altar del barrio de Tepito, en la Ciudad de México, para agradecer los favores obtenidos y venerar esta figura ...

Devotos de la Santa Muerte. El barrio de Tepito registró una concurrencia de mujeres, niños, jóvenes y adultos mayores cuyo objetivo era llegar o acercarse lo más posible al altar de la Santa ...

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. Two other people were ...

MEXICO CITY — 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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MEXICO CITY (AP) — A local leader of ...

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.