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Santa Muerte: Patron Saint of the Drug War

By John Nova Lomax September 13, 2012

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Santa Muerte is all over Houston, if you know where to look. She's on the shelves at most Fiesta stores, ruling over her very own dedicated botánicas, and vying for your attention alongside the Pope, Jesus and a drunken deer at an Airline Drive flea market.

Maria stands beside her public Santa Muerte altar inside her Sharpstown botánica. The Veracruz-born Santa Muerte priestess keeps another altar in her office and a truly awe-inspiring one in her back room. She won't allow that one to be photographed. "It's my religion," she says. Click here to see a video interview with Maria.

Officer "J.G." Garza of the Houston Police Department's Narcotics Division says he almost always finds a Santa Muerte altar inside the home of drug suspects. This photograph was taken in a cartel safe house in Houston.

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Officer "J.G." Garza of the Houston Police Department's Narcotics Division says he almost always finds a Santa Muerte altar inside the home of drug suspects. This photograph was taken in a cartel safe house in Houston.

Courtesy of R. Andrew Chestnut

Officer "J.G." Garza of the Houston Police Department's Narcotics Division says he almost always finds a Santa Muerte altar inside the home of drug suspects. This photograph was taken in a cartel safe house in Houston.

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