Overview
- A 13‑meter cement figure of San La Muerte with illuminated eyes, built by artist Miguel Ángel Nazar on Daniel Quinteros’s private land beside Route 1 in La Bajada, now dominates the roadside.
- Quinteros describes the property as a long‑running healing sanctuary called the Campito de la Sanación and says it hosts images of the Gauchito Gil, the Virgin of the Valley, San Expedito, San Jorge, the Difunta Correa and Mamá Antula.
- He defends the devotion as part of his faith and says no animal sacrifices or blood rituals occur at the site, where visitors light candles according to their beliefs.
- Archbishop Vicente Bokalic issued a formal notice urging Catholics to avoid San La Muerte rites and warning against mixing Christian faith with esoteric or superstitious practices.
- An evangelical pastor said provincial pastors are preparing a filing to request demolition, and El Liberal reported that Quinteros appears in 2023 court files from violent rural incidents, developments that could intensify official scrutiny even as no removal order has been announced.