Unreported World: Venezuela: Cult Of The Thugs

Series 18, episode 0

Venezuelans are increasingly turning to a mystical cult that worships the spirits of dead Robin Hood style gangsters as they seek supernatural protection from a crime wave that the police seem unable to contain. In an ancient ceremony conducted on the slopes of Quibayo mountain, deep in the Venezuelan countryside, Unreported World joins thousands of pilgrims as they converge for a mass "spiritist" ceremony, the holiest night of the year for this ancient religion that seeks the protection of local gods and invokes the healing powers of ancestral spirits.