
Narcos (bottom middle)
This is a toast to a transaction being made by the Mexican Chief of Police and a leading drug dealer from the Mexican border. This is an imagined scenario based on real events that took place in Nuevo Laredo. Violence took over the city when a drug war fought for the control of that area to be the top drug traffickers. Once that was established, the "Zetas" ran the city with no mercy. They are a paramilitary criminal gang that operates as a hired army for the Mexican Gulf Cartel. They even controlled the Mexican military sent from Mexico City.
The painting in the middle is Jesús Malverde; known as the "narco-saint" and is a folklore hero in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. He is celebrated in both Mexico and the United States, particularly among those involved in drug trafficking. However, he is not officially recognized as a saint by the Roman Catholic Church.
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