In secret meetings that draw on elements of Haitian Voodoo, Cuban Santeria and Mexican witchcraft, priests are slaughtering chickens on full moon nights on beaches, smearing police with the blood and using prayers to evoke spirits to guard them as drug cartels battle over smuggling routes into California.
Other police in the city of Tijuana, across the border from San Diego, tattoo their bodies with Voodoo symbols, believing they can repel bullets.
"Sometimes a man needs another type of faith," said former Tijuana policeman Marcos, who left the city force a year ago after surviving a drug gang attack. "I was saved when they killed two of my mates. I know why I didn't die."
2 comments:
Insanity breeds insanity.
They are not battling over smuggling routes to California, they are battling over smuggling to many places along the border. Most of the violence has occurred in Juarez which is at the border of Texas. The violence has spread into California, Texas, Arizona and Florida among other places. It is not strictly a CA problem with Tijuana.
Love your blog btw, first thing I read in the morning!
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