While Mexicans are predominantly, officially Catholic, there are some very dark undertones that few in the US are aware of, that may someday turn very, very ugly.
By far, the worst of these is the Santa Muerte cult, which has Catholic trappings, but it strongly condemned by the church, because it is purely a throwback to the Aztec religion. It now has perhaps as many as two million followers, and no bones about it, it is a death cult. And this could become very, very bad.
The last major death cult was the Thuggee in India, who randomly murdered between 50k and 2m people of all castes and classes, even the British. When the British army launched a military expedition to literally wipe them out, they had the solid backing of just about everyone. And they meant wipe out, to the last Thug.
They had to do this twice, because it regenerated itself after the first time. One of their leaders had attributed to him 931 killings.
And all the Santa Muerte cult needs is a charismatic leader, and nobody in North America would be safe. At their height, the Thuggee likely numbered no more than several thousand. It would be a hideous prospect if the Santa Muerte cult went on the warpath.
The Thuggee cult is where we get the word “thug” from, isn’t it?