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Narco Culture

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  • People paray at a chapel devoted to Jesus Malberde in Culiacan, Mexico.  Malverde is a folk saint worshipped by many people in the underworld and often associated with narcoculture and drug dealers. He is thought of as the Mexican version of Robin Hood, looking after those who have been forgotten by the Church and are involved in a life of crime.  People come to the chapel to show their respect and pray.
    Rochkind_Malverde001.jpg
  • A man talks with his friends, all of whom have motorcycles, on the boardwalk in Culiacan.  His camouflage pants and flashy shirt and hat are often associated with Mexico's Narco Culture.
    Rochkind_Culiacan048.jpg
  • A group of Norteno musicians play music at a night club in downtown Culiacan.  Norteno music is famous for its "corridos", or ballads.  Many musicians compose corridos about drug lords that become part of popular culture.
    Rochkind_Culiacan058.jpg
  • A dead man is taken away from a crime scene.  He was with two police officers who were carrying one million pesos in a routine money transfer for the city when they were robbed and murdered by alleged members of a drug cartel.
    Rochkind_Culiacan049.jpg
  • A photo of a deceased man is seen through the door of his memorial chapel, as the rest of the cematary is reflected in the door. Large chapels are built in the cematary in Culiacan, Mexico, known locally as the "Pantheon".  Some of the chapels, where the dead are buried, are two-story buildings complete with electricity and air conditioning.  This phenomenon, where people build increasingly large, luxurious memorials to their dead family members, is often associated with Mexico's Narco Culture.
    Rochkind_Culiacan024.jpg
  • Large chapels are built in the cemetary in Culiacan, Mexico, known locally as the "Pantheon".  Some of the chapels, where the dead are buried, are two-story buildings complete with electricity and air conditioning.  This phenomenon, where people build increasingly large, luxurious memorials to their dead family members, is often associated with Mexico's Narco Culture.
    Rochkind_Culiacan038.jpg
  • Large chapels are built in the cemetary in Culiacan, Mexico, known locally as the "Pantheon".  Some of the chapels, where the dead are buried, are two-story buildings complete with electricity and air conditioning.  This phenomenon, where people build increasingly large, luxurious memorials to their dead family members, is often associated with Mexico's Narco Culture.
    Rochkind_Culiacan021.jpg
  • Large chapels are built in the cemetary in Culiacan, Mexico, known locally as the "Pantheon".  Some of the chapels, where the dead are buried, are two-story buildings complete with electricity and air conditioning.  This phenomenon, where people build increasingly large, luxurious memorials to their dead family members, is often associated with Mexico's Narco Culture.
    Rochkind_Culiacan037.jpg
  • A worker puts new rims on a tricked out Mustang at a workshop in Culiacan, Mexico.  The streets of Culiacan are filled with fancy, modified cars like this mustang.  Mexico's narco culture is marked by ostentatious displays of wealth, like these fancy cars.
    Rochkind_Culiacan002.jpg
  • A picture of Jesus Malverde and the Vrigin of Guadalupe hangs in Culiacan, Mexico.  Malverde is a folk saint worshipped by many people in the underworld and often associated with narcoculture and drug dealers. He is thought of as the Mexican version of Robin Hood, looking after those who have been forgotten by the Church and are involved in a life of crime.  People come to the chapel to show their respect and pray.
    Rochkind_Culiacan031.jpg
  • The development of one of the rich neighborhoods is seen through the windo of an unfinished "narco mansion" in  Culiacan.  In these neighborhoods the houses are big and often come with security guards and barbed wire fence.  Many say that drug money is laundered through real estate development.
    Rochkind_Culiacan014.jpg
  • A store sells luxury rims for cars in Culiacan, Mexico.  The streets of Culiacan are filled with fancy, modified cars.  Mexico's narco culture is marked by ostentatious displays of wealth, like these fancy cars.
    Rochkind_Culiacan004.jpg
  • A group of minors were caught driving a flashy Pontiac Trans Am on the streets of Culiacan during a routine traffic police stop.  The car was impounded and the children were taken to their parents house.  Mexico's Narco Culture is marked with young people flouting the rule of law and showing ostentatious displays of wealth.
    Rochkind_Culiacan052.jpg
  • People paray at a chapel devoted to Jesus Malberde in Culiacan, Mexico.  Malverde is a folk saint worshipped by many people in the underworld and often associated with narcoculture and drug dealers. He is thought of as the Mexican version of Robin Hood, looking after those who have been forgotten by the Church and are involved in a life of crime.  People come to the chapel to show their respect and pray.
    Rochkind_Malverde007.jpg
  • A man plays guitar in a chapel devoted to Jesus Malberde, as a youth in a shirt ofen associated with narco culture walks by, in Culiacan, Mexico.  Malverde is a folk saint worshipped by many people in the underworld and often associated with narcoculture and drug dealers. He is thought of as the Mexican version of Robin Hood, looking after those who have been forgotten by the Church and those involved in a life of crime.  People come to the chapel to show their respect and pray.
    Rochkind_Culiacan029.jpg
  • A young man wearing a style of shirt and hat associated with Mexico's  Narco Culture argues with a traffic police during a routine drunk driving check point.
    Rochkind_Culiacan051.jpg
  • People dance and drink and a nightclub while a group of Norteno musicians play music in downtown Culiacan.  Norteno music is famous for its "corridos", or ballads.  Many musicians compose corridos about drug lords that become part of popular culture.  This style of music is increasingly popular and is part of Mexico's emerging Narco culture.
    Rochkind_Culiacan054.jpg
  • A young man dressed in the a flashy shirt and hat, whose style is representative of the Mexico's Narco Culture, eats dinner at a taco stand in Culiacan, Mexico.
    Rochkind_Culiacan040.jpg
  • A shop named after Jesus Malverde sells flowers near the cematary in Culiacan, Mexico.  Malverde is a folk saint worshipped by many people in the underworld and often associated with narcoculture and drug dealers. He is thought of as the Mexican version of Robin Hood, looking after those who have been forgotten by the Church and involved in ilicit activities.
    Rochkind_Culiacan027.jpg
  • A group of Norteno musicians wait to play music at a bar  in downtown Culiacan.  Norteno music is famous for its "corridos", or ballads.  Many musicians compose corridos about drug lords that have become part of popular culture.
    Rochkind_Culiacan053.jpg
  • Musicians that sing "corridos", or ballads, wait for customers to hire them on a street in downtown Culiacan.  These musicians are famous for writing narco-ballads, detailing the lives of drug dealers.  The narcos hire the musicians, paying as much as $1000 to write and record a ballad about their lives.  In recent years, scores of the musicians have been killed in what is believed to be drug related murders.
    Rochkind_Culiacan009.jpg
  • Boots and tennis shoes made of ostrich leather are for sale in a market in Culiacan, Mexico.  Footwear made of exotic animal skins are very popular and are associated with Mexico's Narco Culture.
    Rochkind_Culiacan042.jpg
  • Pickup trucks and 4x4s are popular in Culiacan and often come with tinted windows and bullet proof doors.  These kinds of cars are often associated with Mexico's Drug Culture.
    Rochkind_Culiacan015.jpg
  • A worker puts new rims on a tricked out Mustang at a workshop in Culiacan, Mexico.  The streets of Culiacan are filled with fancy, modified cars like this mustang.  Mexico's narco culture is marked by ostentatious displays of wealth, like these fancy cars.
    Rochkind_Culiacan003.jpg
  • Musicians that sing "corridos", or ballads, wait for customers to hire them on a street in downtown Culiacan.  These musicians are famous for writing narco-ballads, detailing the lives of drug dealers.  The narcos hire the musicians, paying as much as $1000 to write and record a ballad about their lives.  In recent years, scores of the musicians have been killed in what is believed to be drug related murders.
    Rochkind_Culiacan005.jpg
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