Los Lunas-based Nicolas Otero, a longtime santero, has begun the schematics for the project, his first altar in New Mexico.

Gang members are turning to Santa Muerte to shield them from law enforcement and ensure the success of their operations.

"They stole children from other towns and sacrificed them in front of her (Santa Muerte) when they wanted to land a big hit," ...

Sporting gloves and a red ribbon to ward off evil, Ecuadoran police raiding a drug den apprehensively inspect an altar to ...

Since the city's founding in 1610, the Santa Fe Plaza has been its cultural hub. Today, surrounded by numerous centuries-old buildings like the Palace of the Governors, the plaza continues to be ...

Jake Fahri served 14 years in jail for the killing of 16-year-old schoolboy Jimmy Mizen in 2008 A rapper who is alleged to have boasted of murdering an altar boy in his songs has been recalled to ...

The strong Santa Ana winds that fueled much of the L.A. wildfires’ destruction are expected to relax for a few days. Tayfun Coskun / Anadolu via Getty Images The fires around Los Angeles ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Los Angeles is reeling from an extreme Santa Ana wind event that spread the Palisades and Eaton fires. Certainly the strength of the most recent Santa Ana event was unusual ...

Helping drive the wildfires in the US city of Los Angeles are the so-called Santa Ana winds, a weather phenomenon known to dry out "the hills and the nerves to flash point." The windstorms occur ...