We thank the Virgin of Guadalupe for finding such a profitable corner. Here we have a lot of clients to go in the hotel with.

Francis & Gaby
Mexico City, 1973

Oh God, may you be blessed, because I finally met the love of my life at that corner. I don’t care what has happened with her before. I fell in love at first sight. I proposed her, and she accepted me — after so many years of loneliness. I am an orphan, I have no brothers, no sisters, not even a dog—I’ve been all alone. She will fill my life with love and caress.

Juventino Rocha
Mexico City — February 14, 1990

I, Gardenia, thank the Virgin of Guadalupe for giving me this beautiful figure so I can make a living as a whore. I love this job because for me it’s easy money.

Oaxaca, Mexico, 1983

Virgin of Guadalupe, thank you for not letting a client cut me with a bottle when, on our way to the hotel, he realized that I’m not a woman. I entrusted myself to you in this danger and now I’m all right.

Paco, “The Beauty”
Merced, 1999

Thank you, Virgin of the Solitude, for healing me from a painful illness that I caught from a client because I was very careless about protection. I prayed you and now I’m back to work as a prostitute at my corner.

Julia
Merced, Mexico City
January 2004

I thank Saint Sebastian for saving me from being hit to death by a client, who on our way to the hotel noticed that I wasn’t a woman. I prayed to you in this misfortune and now I’m all right.

Tony
Paloma, Mexico City, 1992

I thank you, Virgin of the Solitude, for keeping me healthy, saving and protecting me in this job that helps me to survive day by day, as long as my body keeps it up.

The Bootyfull
Merced, Mexico City, 2009

Enrique Perez loved to go to prostitutes. But one day he got drugged and was left naked and tied up in the motel. He thanks Saint Pancras for his wife didn’t divorce him and promises to amend his ways.

I work as a prostitute. When I refused to go with one drunk guy he beat me. I thought I was going to die. I entrusted myself to the Virgin of San Juan, asking to save my life. Now I give thanks for that.

Lupe, “Bootyfull”
Merced, Mexico City
February 10, 1999

Sign on the pharmacy: “For those who prefer big condoms, 2×1”

Virgin of Carmen, we thank you for giving us a job of prostitutes on this well-known street. We thank also for having clients and money.

Prostitutes from Oaxaca, 1974

Virgin of the Immaculate Conception, I thank you for saving my life when a maniac took me in a hotel. I didn’t know his real intentions. When I refused to do what he wanted, he beat me up. He left me thinking I was dead. I managed to escape to heal my injuries. Protect me in this life of prostitute.

Mexico City, 1970

Holy Virgin of Guadalupe, may you be blessed for the miracle because I left this woman of easy virtue. I was crazy about her, she made me forget about my wife and kids. I deeply repent and ask for forgiveness.

Julio Ruiz
Merced, Mexico City, 1999

I ordered this retablo to Saint Diego as I had promised. It was my first time and I’ll never forget it. I was 17 and I used condom for protection from infection. I had a lot of fun with a prostitute. When I saw how voluptuous she was I couldn’t control myself and went in hotel with her. It happened in Sulivan, Mexico on Friday, August 16, 2002.

A. P. M.