Today, Malverde is considered the patron saint of Mexican drug cartels, drug trafficking, outlaws, thieves, smugglers, robbers, bandits and people in poverty.
Who is the most famous Mexican drug lord?
In July 2019, a U.S. court condemned Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to a life sentence in prison and ordered him to pay restitution $12.6 billion for his role in running the Sinaloa Cartel and smuggling industrial quantities of marijuana, cocaine, meth, fentanyl and heroin into the United States.
What does Malverde mean in English?
Malverde means “evil green” in Spanish, and he supposedly was nicknamed by his wealthy victims, from the association between green and misfortune.
Who is the cartel saint?
Almonte, who is a former federal marshal, has been documenting the Santa Muerte cult since 1985 and spent the last several years crisscrossing the country, lecturing US law enforcement about Santa Muerte as well as a pantheon of other narco saints — including Jesus Malverde, a mustachioed Robin Hood-like bandit revered
Where can I see Malverde?
Malverde: el santo patrón, an acción series starring Pedro Fernández, Carolina Miranda, and Mark Tacher is available to stream now. Watch it on Spectrum TV, OXYGEN, Peacock TV, NBC, USA Network, Bravo, E!, SYFY or Telemundo on your Roku device.
