That was the first question following an investigation by the Bexar County Sheriff's Office in February, in which deputies uncovered a house with suspected stolen vehicles used for a human-smuggling ...

Santa Muerte (Saint of Death or Our Holy Lady of Death) is a Mexican folk saint whose devotion has seen a significant rise over the past few decades. Known for her skeletal figure and association with ...

(Image above of a Santa Muerte altar found in a drug house raided by San Antonio, Texas, police.) In 2010, when I had my Beliefnet blog, I got a letter from a reader who was (and I guess still is) an ...

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FILE - A statue of "Nuestra Señora de la Santa Muerte," or Our Lady of Holy Death, is displayed for sale in Mexico City's Tepito neighborhood, Nov. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File) MEXICO CITY ...

Santa Muerte and her devotees. This story comes to mind when reading Andrew Chesnut’s jaw-dropping account of the modern-day cult of Santa Muerte, Saint Death, the grim cloaked skeleton wielding her ...

Santa Muerte (Saint of Death or Our Holy Lady of Death) is a Mexican folk saint whose devotion has seen a significant rise over the past few decades. Known for her skeletal figure and association with ...

Halloween is almost here, so is Dia de los Muertos - the Day of the Dead. It's a holiday in many places, normally just after Halloween, and its symbols include a skull that appears on everything from ...