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     • Dressed in a flowing white robe and often wielding both a scythe and a globe, Santa Muerte — a cross between the Grim Reaper and the Virgin of Guadeloupe, Mexico’s patron saint — is just one of a rapidly growing religious movement of “narco saints,” worshiped by drug traffickers who pray to them for protection, riches and the silence necessary to mask their underworld dealings.
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     Santa Muerte and the ‘religious’ saints drug cartels worship

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   Is Santa Muerte a narcosaint?

   • Santa Muerte has been depicted as a narcosaint, that is to say a saint propitiated only by those who belong to drug cartels, in particular by the Mexican State. As a consequence, the Mexican army, under orders from the Mexican State, has obliterated thousands of shrines dedicated to the folk saint across the country.

   Not Just a Narcosaint: Santa Muerte as Matron Saint of the Mexican Drug

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   Is Santa Muerte just a saint for Narcos?

   • However, it is clear from the growing number of devotees who work for the police that Santa Muerte is not just a saint for narcos. It is not just Mexican drug dealers but police officers too, whose job description entails the quotidian palpable possibility of violent and imminent demise often at the formers’ hands.

   Not Just a Narcosaint: Santa Muerte as Matron Saint of the Mexican Drug

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   Are Santa Muerte cults canonized?

   • Not that these saints are canonized. The Catholic Church has condemned Santa Muerte worship as “blasphemous and Satanic.” When Pope Francis visited Mexico for the first time in 2016, he condemned the cult, which is one of the fastest growing new “religious” movements in the world, according to the Catholic Herald.

   Santa Muerte and the ‘religious’ saints drug cartels worship

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   Is the Santa Muerte cult blasphemous?

   • In spite of being dubbed as blasphemous by the Roman Catholic Church and being condemned by Pope Francis on his 2016 Mexico visit, the Santa Muerte cult is growing with almost 12 million followers in Mexico and parts of the US. The Catholic herald has called it one of the fastest growing “religious movements” in the world.

   Why Mexican Drug Cartels Worship the ‘Narco Saint’ Santa Muerte

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   Dec 21, 2021 · 6. So-called narco saints, such as Santa Muerta, are rising in popularity — with estimates of up to 12 million devotees in Mexico and, now, parts of the US. Gustavo Graf/REUTERS. Not that...

4. www.news18.com › news › buzzWhy Mexican Drug Cartels Worship the ‘Narco Saint’ Santa Muerte

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   Dec 23, 2021 · In spite of being dubbed as blasphemous by the Roman Catholic Church and being condemned by Pope Francis on his 2016 Mexico visit, the Santa Muerte cult is growing with almost 12 million followers in Mexico and parts of the US. The Catholic herald has called it one of the fastest growing “religious movements” in the world.

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6. leb.fbi.gov › articles › featured-articlesSanta Muerte: Inspired and Ritualistic Killings — LEB

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   Feb 5, 2013 · Dark Spirituality. Santa Muerte ideology has developed in Mexico for approximately a half century and has spread into the United States and Central America. The cult’s popularity has increased...

7. www.bbc.com › news › world-latin-america-41804243Santa Muerte: The rise of Mexico’s death 'saint' - BBC

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   Nov 1, 2017 · 1 November 2017. By Duncan Tucker,Guadalajara, Mexico. Share. BBC. Daniel Santana's Mass at the Santa Muerte temple follows traditional patterns. With readings, hymns and communion, Daniel...

8. www.theatlantic.com › magazine › archiveThe Rise of the Narco-Saints - The Atlantic

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   A new religious trend in Mexico. By Jake Flanagin. Trevor Snapp/Corbis. September 2014 Issue. Santa Muerte looks nothing like your typical saint.

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10. www.houstonpress.com › news › know-your-narco-saintsKnow Your Narco Saints: The Religious Iconography of the Drug ...

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    Sep 12, 2012 · Santa Muerte, the newly-popular Grim Reaper-like Mexican folk saint, and subject of this week's cover story, is not the only object of supernatural devotion in the drug trade. Far from it. In...

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    Feb 10, 2020 · Santa Muerte is a Mexican folk saint who personifies death. Santa Muerte has been depicted as a narcosaint, that is to say a saint propitiated only by those who belong to drug cartels, in particular by the Mexican State.