Four men and a woman have died after drinking a poisoned potion during a Santeria ritual in the southern Mexico state of Oaxaca, authorities said Wednesday. The five victims, who ranged in age from 18 ...

Police are investigating after the remains from a grave at a Hartford cemetery were discovered missing Wednesday by a groundskeeper, possibly for a voodoo or Santeria ritual, police said. Few details ...

One of the two men arrested after a Santeria ritual led to a "heated dispute" at a Hialeah home that ended with a man who stabbed a father and son being shot to death is facing new charges. Yasmany ...

A second man has been arrested on charges of gunning down another earlier this month, after the pair got together for what police say was supposed to be a Santeria ritual in Hialeah. Yasmany Matos, 35 ...

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NEW YORK – A public school principal accused of paying a woman to sprinkle chicken blood on the high school in an attempt to cleanse it of negative energy will be fired, the Department of Education ...

MONTEBELLO, Calif. -- Police are searching for a Santeria priest who allegedly raped a 16-year-old girl while conducting "healing rituals" at his business in Montebello in 2013. Pablo Pinto Mata, 46, ...

HAVANA (Reuters) – The family of Emilia Montoya, 79, sacrificed four white doves and two roosters, chanted in the African language Yoruba and pounded a wooden staff rhythmically on the floor in a ...

HAVANA (AP) — A fusion of African religions and Catholicism, Santería was one of the few religious practices to quietly endure through decades of prohibitions and stigma by the communist government.

MONTEBELLO, Calif. (KABC) -- Police are searching for a Santeria priest who allegedly raped a 16-year-old girl while conducting "healing rituals" at his business in Montebello in 2013. Pablo Pinto ...

HAVANA (Reuters) - The family of Emilia Montoya, 79, sacrificed four white doves and two roosters, chanted in the African language Yoruba and pounded a wooden staff rhythmically on the floor in a ...