‘Santa Muerte’ behind increase in crime

MIAMI – The “Nuestra Señora de la Santa Muerte” worshippers are hanging themselves in danger, the International Association of Exorcists warned.

The affiliation primarily based in Italy revealed a Mexican Catholic priest’s record of a “significant increase in the extraordinary action of the devil,” which incorporates a upward push in crimes reminiscent of murders.

Devotees who search miracles had been the sufferers of “numerous cases of oppression, obsession, and demonic possession, according to Rev. Andrés López, who is a member of the College of Exorcists of the Primatial Archdiocese of Mexico.

López described the skeletal “Santa Muerte,” sometimes called “Holy Death” or the “Angel of Death,” as a rising cult or sect that may be a fusion of Brazilian quimbanda, Cuban Santeria, and occult satanism. He additionally related it with arranged crime reminiscent of robberies and narco-trafficking.