Chicago gangland enforcer, Roberto Cerda, jailed for life as it is revealed drug crew is inspired by cult of death ‘La Santa Muerte’ – gang linked to 13 murders over 18 months
Roberto Cerda, enforcer for blood thirsty Chicago gang jailed for life, seven years after his arrest
Cerda, 30, who was convicted for the 2010 killings of two drug dealers and the middleman, is the first crew member to be convicted
The vicious Chicago gang has been linked to at least 13 murders committed from 2009 to 2011
The ‘La Santa Muerte Crew’ whose motto is “Fear Me”, draws inspiration from the Santa Muerte death cult
Members of the brutal drug and robbery gang have grim reaper ‘Santa Muerte’ stickers on their vehicles, tattoos, shrines in their homes, stamped on bands to hold their cash
La Santa Muerte, ‘ Saint Death’, is a female deity that allegedly provides protection and deliverance to the after life
La Santa Muerte image: Roberto Cerda had the “Fear Me” La Santa Muerte sticker displayed prominently on a window of his car
When 30-year-old Roberto Cerda was sentenced May 2 to life in prison for three 2010 slayings it opened the lid on the workings of his brutal gang. Cerda is the enforcer for a crew that has been linked to at least 13 murders over 18 months.
The Chicago gang that has been linked to at least 13 murders committed from 2009 to 2011 reportedly draws inspiration from the Santa Muerte death cult.
Members are so vested in the death and killing philosophy, that they had signature grim reaper image and “Fear Me” logo as stickers on their vehicles, tattoos on their bodies, shrines in their homes and even Santa Muerte-stamped bands to hold their cash.
Displayed prominently at the back of Cerda’s Mercury sedan is the “Fear Me” sticker with an image of a skeletal, scythe-wielding figure, the image was of La Santa Muerte, Holy Death or Saint Death, a female deity meant to provide protection and deliverance to the after life.
Cerda had built a shrine to the dark icon in his West Side bedroom, laying offerings of alcohol, chocolate and cigarettes at the bony feet of seven figurines.
Chocolate factory by day, Cerda in his off hours came to his own as “The Watchdog”, an enforcer for a violent drug and robbery crew responsible for at least 13 murders from 2009 to 2011, according to prosecutors, court records and trial testimony.
The crew has been charged in 10 of those.
La Santa Muerte image: Roberto Cerda had the “Fear Me” La Santa Muerte sticker displayed prominently on a window of his car
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