Re: La Santa Muerte [the Saint of Death]
Militant Feminist Group Had Shrine to Goddess of Death, Say Police
In a paper he drafted for the FBI, he wrote that "enough ritualistic behaviors, including killings, have occurred in Mexico to leave open the possibility that a spiritual insurgency component of the narcotics wars now exists."
2004: a powerful criminal figure confessed to murdering babies and virgins as offerings to Santa Muerte in exchange for her protection and favor.
there may be hundreds of thousands of Santa Muerte believers in the U.S., which has public temples in Los Angeles, New Orleans, and New York
27 Apr 2022
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/militant-feminist-group-had-shrine-to-goddess-of-death-say-police/ar-AAWE6Ru
Inside Mendoza's mobile home, federal authorities said they found an eerie shrine to Santa Muerte (St. Death) garlanded with the woman's hair and blood, indicating that he may have intended to kill her.
1 Apr 2022
https://www.yahoo.com/news/three-sentenced-local-human-trafficking-091700000.html
California man is behind bars for a deadly shooting that occurred early Wednesday morning at a Baton Rouge hotel. According to Baton Rouge Police Department, the suspect admitted to police that he killed the victim for ‘spiritual reasons,’ after receiving a message from Santa Muerte, a Mexican folk saint.
https://www.wafb.com/2022/02/02/police-1-dead-shooting-hotel-near-i-12us-61/
Santa Muerte and five more ‘religious’ saints worshiped by drug cartels
https://nypost.com/2021/12/21/religious-saints-of-murders-outlaws-worshiped-by-cartels/
One man identified as David Sanabria who told the story about how he and his daughter were kidnapped said the bodies of victims were then cut up, cooked, and "human meat" was served to the remaining migrants, so there would be no trace of anything. That's what they had to eat.
Sanabria also spoke about the satanic rituals his kidnappers performed at night. "They knelt down. They had images of the devil, of Santa Muerte. They made pleas. They made offerings. It was something horrible," he told NBC News.
http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2021/10/murder-forced-cannibalism-extortion-us.html
2 MS-13 gang members who killed Houston girl as sacrifice get 40 years
prosecutors expected to show in court that the girl was chosen as a sacrifice and shot to death, likely because she disrespected their shrine to the Santa Muerte, the Saint of Death.
May 26, 2021
https://www.fox26houston.com/news/2-ms-13-gang-members-each-sentenced-to-40-years-for-murder-of-houston-girl
In 1531, Our Lady of Guadalupe put an end to the Aztec bloodshed with the conversion of ten million. Nearly five centuries later, the bony Lady of Death has supplanted the pregnant Lady of Life and drawn ten million back to the shadow.
the forces of evil are rampant through the human sacrifices of our age.
https://www.crisismagazine.com/2019/santa-muerte-dont-pray-for-us
Tennessee: Molina told him "you are about to die" and that "he was going to sacrifice him to Santa Muerte, the saint of death"
Nov 08, 2018
https://www.newschannel5.com/news/arrest-made-in-failed-human-sacrifice-attempted-murder
Mexican folk religion involving human sacrifice gaining status among criminals
La Santa Muerte, which translates to “Holy Death” and "Saint Death," that has gained popularity steadily since the late 1980s among Mexican-American Catholics.
September 27, 2017
https://www.foxnews.com/us/mexican-folk-religion-involving-human-sacrifice-gaining-status-among-criminals
Santa Muerte, a female deity from Mexican folklore, is the cult leader in this particular tale. Crimes and sacrifices have been made in worship and honor of her, including those of serial killer Silvia Meraz
Silvia believed that she was performing ritualistic sacrifices when she killed her friend, 55-year-old Cleotide Romero Pacheco, 10-year-old son-in-law of sect member Martin Chaparro, and Silvia's own 10-year-old grandson, Jesus Octavio Martinez Yanez
Jun 29, 2017
https://www.therichest.com/shocking/15-female-cult-leaders-who-are-strange-af/
In an interview with Vice, Andrew Chesnut, the author of Devoted To Death: Santa Muerte, The Skeleton Saint, said that the folk saint boasts between 10 and 12 million devotees.
It's not religion just because it's dressed up like religion," he said. "It's a blasphemy against religion.
[think church of satan]
Oct. 25, 2016
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/7-things-to-know-about-la_b_8385476
Santa Muerte: Inspired and Ritualistic Killings
https://leb.fbi.gov/articles/featured-articles/santa-muerte-inspired-and-ritualistic-killings
Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.
https://qresear.ch/q-posts/4429