D.A.: 44 arrests so far from probe of Mexican cocaine cartel Updated at 3:45 p.m. with names of all of the defendants By Kathleen Brady Shea, Managing Editor, The Times Statues of Santa Muerta and Jesus Malverde, “the patron saints of drug dealers,” were found by investigators during Operation Telarana. The 65-year-old Mexican native who became a U.S. citizen and ran a landscaping business...