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Silvia Meraz Moreno
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Silvia Meraz Moreno
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Silvia Meraz Moreno
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Zoila Ada Santacruz Iriqui, 45; Silvia Meraz Moreno, 44;
Georgina Guadalupe Barrón Meraz, 20;
and
Francisca Magdalena Barrón Meraz, 21.
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Zoila Ada Santacruz Iriqui, 45.
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Georgina Guadalupe Barrón Meraz, 20.
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Francisca Magdalena Barrón Meraz, 21.
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Ramon Omar Palacios Meraz
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Eduardo Sanchez Urieta
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Cipriano Meraz Navarro
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Crime scene
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The bodies
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Santa Muerte south of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas.
(Source: Wikipedia/Public Domain)
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David Romo, left, marches in a Santa Muerte procession on March
4, 2005, in Mexico City.
(Photo: Getty Images/AFP)
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It is believed the unofficial group called The Holy Death
currently has some
two million followers in Mexico.