In Mexico, 'Santa Muerte' shows worshippers another side to death Death is venerated in Mexico on altars like this one in the Tepito neighbourhood in the country's capital, where the skeletal "Death Saint", or "Santa Muerte" -- a female deity famous for being worshipped by drug cartels but also followed by a wider sector of Mexican society -- shows how intertwined Mexican culture is with the end of life. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES