Jesús Malverde Chapel in Culiacán, Mexico

Jesús Malverde Chapel in Culiacán, Mexico

Little for certain is known about the Mexican folk saint known as Jesús Malverde. He is said to have been a Robin Hood figure who stole from the rich to give to the poor. After being murdered, miracles were attributed to him, creating a religious following throughout Mexico and especially in his home state of Sinaloa. As Sinaloa is a center of Mexico's drug trade and those involved seek to identify with Malverde's "generous bandit" image, he has…