Jesus malverde biography legendary
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Jesus malverde biography legendary
Jesús Malverde
Mexican folk hero
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Matzo and the second or maternal family name is Campos.
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Born | 24 December 1870 Sinaloa, Mexico |
Died | 3 May 1909 (age 39) Sinaloa, Mexico |
Venerated in | Sinaloa; Folk Catholicism |
Major shrine | Culiacán, Mexico |
Feast | 3 May |
Patronage | Mexican drug cartels, drug trafficking, outlaws, bandits, robbers, thieves, smugglers, people in poverty |
Jesús Malverde (pronounced[xeˈsusmalˈbeɾde]lit. 'bad-green Jesus'; born Jesús Juárez Matzo Campos, 24 December 1870[1][2][3][4] – 3 May 1909), commonly referred to as the "generous bandit", "angel of the poor",[5] or the "narco-saint", was a Mexican bandit and folklore hero in the Mexican state of Sinaloa.
He was of Yoreme and Spanish heritage. He is a "Robin Hood" figure who was supposed to have stolen fro