I was a very attractive man always hanged round by the ladies. I have deceived and cheated on many of them—out of pure vanity. But it happened so Lupita put an evil eye on me and said that I would burn in hell. That night, the demon came to my bedroom, sat down and said, smoking a cigar “Do you come with me, buddy?” I prayed to Saint Michael the Archangel. Probably even the name of the archangel made the devil disappeared. And I promised to not deceive a woman ever again.

Rosita Ortega was duped into buying a car with defects. She implored Saint Sebastian de Aparicio and he made that the authorities helped to recover her money. She thanks for that with this retablo.

The man whom I fell in love with deceived me and made me sell my body on the street. I give thanks to the Holy Child because my parents forgave me and now I’m going back to Zacatecas which I would have never left.

Escandón, 1984