The questionnaire for prospective jurors in the upcoming New York trial of reputed Mexican drug lord Joaquin "Chapo" Guzman has the standard questions. Prospective jurors are asked about their ...

Jesús Malverde is a legendary figure associated with Sinaloa, Mexico, often described as a bandit executed in the early 1900s. Over time, he evolved into a folk saint revered by smugglers and ...

Every year at midnight the night of May 2, followers of Jesús Malverde begin to arrive at a chapel in the city of Culiacán, Mexico, to celebrate his life and pay him back for the favors they have ...

El Chapo’s team of high-paid lawyers are praying they can get the notorious accused drug lord acquitted — and have turned to Mexico’s narco saint Jesus Malverde for help. A 6-inch statuette of the ...

A Jesús Malverde le rezan en Tijuana y en Colombia, en Arizona y en Bolivia, pero en las universidades de Sinaloa no hay quien le prenda una veladora. “Llama la atención el hecho de que hasta ahora ...

When Daniel Chavez wants someone to watch over the health of his family, he doesn’t ask God or the Virgin of Guadalupe – he heads for the shrine of Jesus Malverde, the “patron saint of the poor”, who ...

They ask him to protect them from arrest and safeguard their drugs. They thank him for riches and keeping them alive. Cyber citizens with a cult-like bent are using Facebook to reach out to Mexico's ...

Two years ago I wrote a feature about the patron saint of narcotics, Jesus Malverde, and how cops in East Portland were treating Malverde’s presence in homes as a sign of possible drug activity. At ...

A “NARCO SAINT” revered by Mexican drug traffickers has become a hot seller in city botanicas, sharing shelf space with the Virgin of Guadalupe and St. Michael the Archangel. Shop owners in Brooklyn ...

A couple's convictions for distributing $20,000 worth of methamphetamine have been reversed in part because a federal prosecutor cited their belief in "Jesús Malverde" — known as the patron saint of ...