Pineda was convicted of homicide and sentenced to 50 years, along with four others — Jorge G.M., Joana Michelle A.G., ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An FBI and U.S. Border Patrol task force recently arrested a Juárez woman in a raid at an El Paso motel in a border case featuring ...

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 ...

When a life-size skeleton dressed like the Grim Reaper first appeared on a street altar in Tepito, Mexico City, in 2001, many passersby instinctively crossed themselves. The figure was La Santa Muerte ...

Jim Griffith Special to the Arizona Daily Star Apr 1, 2014 Apr 1, 2014 Updated Apr 20, 2016 Let’s pretend we have our passports in order and have crossed the border at Nogales. After we pass a big ...

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A local leader of the Mexican folk saint cult “La Santa Muerte” was gunned down at an altar to the skeletal figure late Friday, authorities said. Two other people were killed and ...

(The Conversation) — Since appearing as a public shrine in 2001, the female death deity’s popularity has exploded and is a frequent sight in public ceremonies such as the Day of the Dead. (The ...