Cartels have started getting into Voodoo, Black Magic, and other similar religious things.
This sort of thing has actually been a problem for a few decades. It just rarely made the National or State News and occasionally it didn’t make local news.
Usually because it was linked early on to either Immigrant Disporas from regions where tribal and shamanistic practices remained strong despite the best efforts of Christianity, Islam or Colonial Governments. Or where syncretism resulted in the birth of entirely new religions. And sometimes organized crime.
Though we have had our fair share of homegrown twisted Cults that also did similar things. Some of whom were never actually caught.
As I have seen about Cartels since the early 90’s ( South Texas here so Reynosa/ all the way to borderland of Eagle Pass and west to Laredo ) there’s always been a lot of black magic/ satanic etc with animal sacrifice— was on the news daily in the mid 90’s in San Antonio re: chicken parts/ black eggs etc to target Cartel adversaries or whatever— I personally grew up in New Orleans— voodoo was a big thing there too plus you had the benefit of the mafia sections fighting each other 🤣🤣
Cartels have started getting into Voodoo, Black Magic, and other similar religious things.
This sort of thing has actually been a problem for a few decades. It just rarely made the National or State News and occasionally it didn’t make local news.
Usually because it was linked early on to either Immigrant Disporas from regions where tribal and shamanistic practices remained strong despite the best efforts of Christianity, Islam or Colonial Governments. Or where syncretism resulted in the birth of entirely new religions. And sometimes organized crime.
Though we have had our fair share of homegrown twisted Cults that also did similar things. Some of whom were never actually caught.
As I have seen about Cartels since the early 90’s ( South Texas here so Reynosa/ all the way to borderland of Eagle Pass and west to Laredo ) there’s always been a lot of black magic/ satanic etc with animal sacrifice— was on the news daily in the mid 90’s in San Antonio re: chicken parts/ black eggs etc to target Cartel adversaries or whatever— I personally grew up in New Orleans— voodoo was a big thing there too plus you had the benefit of the mafia sections fighting each other 🤣🤣