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Drug gangs in Ecuador turn to "death saint" for protection — and allegedly human sacrifices

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A Mexican "death saint" adopted by local gangs as their own talisman in Ecuador .

Santa Muerte is a guardian saint of healing and protection, and thousands of Latin Americans pray to her for safe passage to the afterlife.

Police in Duran estimate they had found altars to the saint in about six out of every 10 busts carried out in 2024 .

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English

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