See About archive blog posts. More than 35 statues dedicated to Santa Muerte, or Saint Death, have been removed from around the border city of Nuevo Laredo by officials, reports the Associated Press.

The trooper reported seeing a statue of Santa Muerte, according to court documents. A photo of the Santa Muerte statue an Oregon State Police trooper found in the passenger seat of a vehicle ...

Despite its association with crime, Santa Muerte devotion has extended beyond gang circles. Statues and amulets are sold ...

The eerie statue of a skeleton shrouded in a cape — a scythe in her right hand and a globe of Earth in her left — is the latest in a fast-growing number of Santa Muerte shrines found in ...

A trooper, who is part of a regional drug task force, recognized the statue of Santa Muerte, a skeleton figure resembling the Grim Reaper who some people believe protects people involved in drug ...