NARCO-CULTS : understanding the use of afro -caribbean and mexican religious cultures in ... the drug wars.

Those who know about how spirituality plays into the world of drug smuggling have likely heard of Santa Muerte, Jesus Malverde, and Santería, but the details of the more obscure African religions and Latin American folk saints and cults often remain a mystery. While the vast majority of these religi...

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Main Author:	KAIL, TONY M.
Corporate Author:	Taylor & Francis
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Language Notes:	English.
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] CRC Press, 2017.
Subjects:	Drug traffic > Religious aspects. Drug dealers > Religious life. Afro-Caribbean religions. Cults > Mexico. Occult crime. Drogues > Trafic > Aspect religieux. Trafiquants de drogues > Vie religieuse. Cultes afro-antillais. Crimes occultes. Afro-Caribbean religions Cults Drug dealers > Religious life Occult crime Mexico Electronic books.
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Summary:	Those who know about how spirituality plays into the world of drug smuggling have likely heard of Santa Muerte, Jesus Malverde, and Santería, but the details of the more obscure African religions and Latin American folk saints and cults often remain a mystery. While the vast majority of these religions are practiced by law-abiding citizens with no connections to the drug trade, their religious beliefs and practices are often appropriated by drug cartels and used to psychologically empower members of these organizations. Therefore, knowledge about narco-cults and spirituality related to the dru.
Physical Description:	1 online resource
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
ISBN:	9780429255038 0429255039