I'm Just Wondering... and confused...
The Mexican Gov't (as reported in the San Diego Union Tribute, front page Sunday 05 April 09) is taking direct action against the devotional shrines towards 2 minor deities called "Santa Muerte" (saint of death) and Jesus Malverde. These worship shrines are set up by many people who pay homage to these two 'saints', but with a large following in the narco-traffic culture.
I see these shrines dotting the local roads and in many of the poor colonias of Tijuana and down in San Vicente...
The Tijuana police have been destroying these shrines (as the SD U-T reports), hoping to break the superstitious ethos of the drug trade...
Odd to me is the major outcry that the Catholic priests in Tijuana have raised over these shrines being destroyed...???
Another bit to consider that 88% of Mexicans claim to be Catholic, but only 46% attend Catholic services regularly...
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