A question on narco-saint Jesus Malverde, patron saint of drug dealers, is asked to prospective jurors in drug cartel trial of Joaquin "Chapo" Guzman.

Jesús Malverde is both a folk hero and a controversial figure in Mexican religious life. Revered by drug traffickers and the poor alike, his story blends Robin Hood-style legend with real ...

A man lights a candle in the altar of Saint Jesus Malverde, a bandit of the XVIII century turned into the "saint of the drug dealers" by the people in Culiacan, Sinaloa state, Mexico on June 2, 2008.

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The front door of the Jesus Malverde chapel in Culiacán, Sinaloa. Jim Griffith photo, March 18, 2003.

CULIACÁN, Mexico—Even Jesús Malverde, the patron saint of drug traffickers, has fallen victim to the vicious turf war ripping apart Mexico’s biggest producer and smuggler of fentanyl.

The congregants came from Alhambra, North Hollywood and Santa Ana. “We get along like family here,” said Rony Artica, 48, who’s been coming to the temple since 2017.

A St. Jude prayer card, a Jesus Malverde T-shirt or a Santa Muerte statue is not probable cause for law enforcement to search someone but they can provide officers a clue, Almonte said.

When federal and local drug agents raided the Mount Vernon home of a suspected narcotics kingpin last year, they found a bust of Jesus Malverde, the Mexican patron saint of drug dealers. The ...

Agents testified that they found four guns, ammunition, and a suppressor in the Dale City home where he was staying, as well as an image of “Jesus Malverde,” a Mexican folklore icon associated ...