
Mexico is being whipped by a war among drug cartels disputing their place and the trafficking to the United States with unusual ferocity and sophisticated arms on June 11, 2008. AFP PHOTO/Luis Acosta LUIS ACOSTA/Getty Images Show More Show LessĦ of38 7 of38 A man lights a candle in the altar of Saint Jesus Malverde, a bandit of the XVIII century turned into the "saint of the drug dealers" by the people in Culiacan, Sinaloa state, Mexico on June 2, 2008. In the course of the year, there were at least 1,378 deaths, 47% more than in the same period in 2007. Executed, beheaded, tied and tortured bodies with messages against rival bands, or threatened police and street announcements are part of the geography of violence in several states of Mexico.

AFP PHOTO/Yuri CORTEZ YURI CORTEZ/Getty Images Show More Show Less 5 of38 A child sits inside the chapel of Saint Jesus Malverde, a bandit of the XVIII century turned into the "saint of the drug dealers" by the people, in Culiacan city, Sinaloa state, Mexico, on June 2, 2008. His cult is very popular among the common felons and nowadays, as it has happened with other expressions of the popular culture, it was appropriated by the drug trafickers. A sort of local Robin Hood who robbed the rich to give to the poor, he was born in 1888 in Paredones, near Culiacan, and was presumably hanged at the age of 21.

Jesus Malverde is a popular saint non recognized by the Catholic Church. Wash the mask after every use.3 of38 4 of38 A young man prays at the altar in the Chapel of Jesus Malverde on Jin Culiacan, Sinaloa state, Mexico.

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