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Sept. 21, 2024
An entertainer sings and dances in a La Puente backyard during a festival reminiscent of those held in Ocotlan, Mexico.
(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)For more than 100 years, celebrations have been held on both sides of the border each fall in honor of the Mexican city of Ocotlan. But today a shadow hangs over the city, and the people in Southern California who love it.
People socialize while entertainers perform in a La Puente backyard. Many of those at the fiesta were from Ocotlan in Mexico’s Jalisco state -- a “magical city” that is now under the shadow of drug war violence.
(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)Father Sergio de Jesus Reyes Chiquito, right, blesses Jose Lozano after a fiesta Mass in a La Puente backyard.
(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)Jose Angel sings Mexican songs during the La Puente celebration.
(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)A collection is taken as Father Sergio de Jesus Reyes de Jesus Reyes Chiquito leads Mass.
(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)Father Sergio de Jesus Reyes de Jesus Reyes Chiquito blesses a horse after the fiesta Mass. “God never leaves us,” he told those who gathered to hear him. “God is always with us.”
(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)A man holds a Catholic scapula as a reminder of his committment to Christian life, during a fiesta Mass in La Puente.
(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)Sept. 21, 2024