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✍️ Ecuadoran police have found a growing number of shrines to Santa Muerte, a Mexican "death saint" adopted by local gangs, in criminal hideouts in the western city of Duran.
👉 Ecuadoran police have found a growing number of shrines to Santa Muerte in criminal hideouts in Duran
👉 The shrines include offerings of money, tobacco, and religious paraphernalia
👉 Gang members tattoo the saint's likeness on their arms and wear amulets bearing her image
👉 The practice is condemned by the Catholic Church
👉 Many Ecuadorans have no problem reconciling the two

#RobertoSantamaria #DanielNoboa #CristinaBurneo #Duran #Mexico #Ecuador #Portoviejo #Guayaquil #world


"They stole children from other towns and sacrificed them in front of her (Santa Muerte) when they wanted to land a big hit," a former gang member said.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/drug-gangs-ecuador-death-saint-protection-human-sacrifices/

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