Mexican Patron Saint Of Drug Lords Gets His Own Beer

“Mexican Robin Hood,” Jesus Malverde, has the posthumous honor of having his very own beer. Why don’t you have your own beer, you ask? Because you’re not a thief, pal, nor does anyone except maybe your landlord consider you the patron saint of drug lords:

A Mexican brewery in the western city of Guadalajara began selling the Malverde beer in the northwestern state of Sinaloa, long considered one of the country’s main drug strongholds.

Malverde is believed to have been a construction or railroad worker who was hanged in 1909 in Culiacan, Sinaloa’s capital. He later developed a reputation as someone who stole from the rich and gave to the poor, although the details of his life remain unclear.

Eventually he was adopted as the saint for drug traffickers and a chapel was built in his honor. The Roman Catholic Church does not recognize Malverde.

Yeah, the Vatican wasn’t entirely receptive to Guanabee’s phone call inquiries about our possibly being named the Patron Saint of Sexytimes. Go figure.

Mexican company launches beer in honor of unofficial drug saint [International Herald Tribune]