The most marginalised see him as an accepting and approachable saint, a companion in their daily lives in violent neighbourhoods. He is also seen as the protector of the drug traffickers. For others he is quite simply someone who never existed. The story goes that at the end of the 19th century he robbed the wealthy despots of Sinaloa state in northern Mexico to then distribute his bounty amongst the very poor.
He carried out so many robberies that the local governor offered a reward for his capture. In one of many hold-ups, Malverde was shot and wounded, and gave himself up. He was hanged on 3 May It was forbidden to bury him, and his body was left hanging from a tree as an example.
Over time his remains fell to the ground and the local people covered him, little by little, with stones. But not only that. Another reason is the story of Raymundo Escalante. Two well known figures from Sinaloa are Julio Escalante and his son Raymundo. It is said that when Julio found out his son had been doing business with a rival gang, he ordered him to be killed.
The hired assassins shot and wounded him, but Raymundo prayed to Malverde to save his life, and in what is considered to be a miracle by the saint, Julio was listened to and saved by a sinner. It is the third of the month, and nearly Alicia Pulido, who is in charge of the chapel, takes out two solid mannequins, 1.
But how did this man go from Robin Hood to Narco Saint? He supposedly took on his troubling position as the patron saint of narcotraficantes drug traffickers in the s, when drug trafficker Raymundo Escalante was shot and thrown in the sea by his father.
After praying to Malverde for rescue, Escalante survived the shooting and since that fateful event, traffickers across the continent have prayed to him for good fortune in their morally questionable exploits. As such, and very understandably, Malverde is not considered an official saint in the eyes of the Catholic church.
His name and image have also been co-opted by a handful of brands; notable examples include a Guadalajara-produced beer, as well as candles, and soaps.
However, Malverde a. Beyond Sinaloa, Malverde is also considered a folk hero and bringer of good luck or bad, depending on your outlook , in several other locations on the Latin American drug-running route ; he has a chapel in both Cali, Colombia and Los Angeles, as well as an unofficial shrine in Colonia Doctores, Mexico City.
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