Mexico’s Robin Hood a blessing to both sides of the law - Jesus Malverde

JESUS Malverde has been revered for almost a century in north-western Mexico. According to folklore, he was a Mexican Robin Hood who took from the rich and gave to the poor until he was killed by the police in 1909.

Now immigrants have brought his legend to the United States. His image, which is thought to offer protection from the law, can be found on everything from T-shirts to household cleaners.

Malverde is widely considered the patron saint of drug dealers. A shrine has been erected atop his grave in the remote city of Culiacan in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, which has long been associated with opium and marijuana trafficking.”*

*From: http://news.scotsman.com
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