Summary

A leader of the Mexican folk saint cult “La Santa Muerte” was killed during a shooting attack at an altar in Leon, Guanajuato state. The cult, which worships a female skeleton figure, is often associated with criminals and drug addicts, despite condemnation from Catholic leaders.

  • bean
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    192 months ago

    Didn’t the twin assassins from Breaking Bad stop at one of those altars?

  • Flying SquidM
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    142 months ago

    The cult, which worships a female skeleton figure, is often associated with criminals and drug addicts, despite condemnation from Catholic leaders.

    I’m not in Mexico, but I keep wondering if it’s the Catholic leaders who are doing that association. Maybe the descendants of the Aztecs are getting fed up with Catholicism and are going back to the old ways.

  • @NegativeInf
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    52 months ago

    Well, that’s how you make a good curse.