MEXICO CITY — A local leader of the Mexican folk saint cult “La Santa Muerte” was gunned down at an altar to the skeletal figure late Friday, authorities said.
Two other people were killed and eight injured in the attack in the city of Leon, in Guanajuato state, the authorities added.
But that didn’t work for “La Madrina Chayo,” a woman considered a leader of the cult in the north-central state of Guanajuato.
Like Mexico’s Day of the Dead holiday, the Santa Muerte is honored on Nov. 1 and 2.
While the cult may sound ominous, the annual celebrations honoring the Santa Muerte are friendly affairs, with people warmly greeting fellow worshippers and offering them small gifts.
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