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Top Stories: A drug lord, a shrine and the question of redemption: Why cartel kingpins turn to saints despite lives of violent crime

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Sun Jun 7 2026

Why cartel kingpins turn to saints despite lives of violent crime

A makeshift altar with Catholic saints and a handwritten psalm stood inside the house where Mexican drug cartel leader Nemesio Oseguera, better known as 'El Mencho', spent his final hours before he was injured in a military raid and subsequently died while being transported in a helicopter, outside Tapalpa, Mexico, February 24, 2026. REUTERS/Liberto Urena

Experts say cartels echo others such as Italian mafiosi who test religious boundaries by looking to Catholic saints to justify criminal pursuits.

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