• The veneration of Santa Muerte has deep roots intertwined with Mexico and South America’s complex religious and cultural history.
  • For U.S. law enforcement agencies, the rise of a criminalized and dark variant of Santa Muerte worship holds many negative implications.
  • Although there are other death saints in Latin America, such as San La Muerte, Santa Muerte is the only female saint of death in the Americas.[18]...
  • 4. Santa Muerte kültü, Daniel Arizmendi Lopez isimli bir gangsterin tutuklanması sırasında polisin, evinde azizeye adanmış bir mabet bulmasıyla daha da ünlendi.
  • The ceremony takes place at a modest temple to Santa Muerte, the Mexican folk saint of death, in a rundown area of Guadalajara, the nation's second biggest city.
  • For historically marginalized followers of La Santa Muerte, death is the one constant in life. Its indiscriminatory nature offers a sense of comfort.
  • Devotion to San La Muerte originated in Argentina, mainly in the northeastern provinces, especially in Corrientes (although it is also found in neighboring Paraguay).
  • Female Skeleton wearing a crown and grey ballgown. Santa Muerte at a Saint Death chapel in Santa Ana Chapitiro, Mexico © Andrew Chesnut.
  • In popular culture[
    • The fictional Santa Blanca cartel worships Santa Muerte in Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon
    • Santa Muerte is the wife of Xibalba in The Book of Life.
  • Santa Muerte is a controversial figure as it is not associated with any particular religion but instead, it is viewed as a new religious wave by many media houses.