Santa Muerte: A saint of darkness and a saint of the gangs

Santa Muerte who is picture as a robed female skeletal figure and worshipped as an saint in the presence of shrines and alters, is one of the most popularized deities in history, fueling Mexican drug cartels to believe they will receive divine assistance through violent actions and criminal attribution, and in the United States as people shop for overpriced costumes and plastic painted skull decorations at department stores, without the awareness of the actual history behind them. On today's episode we will observe the history of the cult of Santa Muerte and the criminal organizations that are fueled by it's folk religion.