If Teresita Urrea lives today mostly as an historical figure, our next folk saint, Jesus Malverde, may never have existed, but he is very much alive in the hearts and minds of his devotees.

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 ...

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 ...

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“A lot of these guns are legally purchased, unlike drugs, which are illegal from the start. So, blaming U.S. gun manufacturers doesn’t address the root cause.” Mexico faces a severe violent crime ...

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.

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. Since ...

A state of emergency has been in force in the Mexican state of Sinaloa for two months. At least 400 people have been murdered in a feud between rival factions of the Sinaloa drug cartel. In the ...

My next destination was the chapel dedicated to Jesus Malverde, the legendary moustachioed Robin Hood-type figure who has been adopted as the unofficial patron saint of the narcos.

Similar to the Austin location, it has a white marble bar top and statues of Jesus Malverde, a folk saint who originated in Sinaloa, Mexico, also known as "the Angel of the Poor." ...

While seated on leather couches next to statues of Jesus Christ, Mickey Mouse, and infamous narco-saint Jesús Malverde — a jarring contrast that perfectly encapsulates the Paisaboys style ...