Sacrifice to rain god Tláloc in the Senate ruffles feathers

A ritual sacrifice, in which a chicken was killed as an offering to a pre-Columbian rain god, was held in an unlikely location on Wednesday — the Mexican Senate. During the sacrificial ceremony, the chicken was killed as an offering to the god Tláloc, who was worshipped by several pre-Columbian Indigenous peoples, and continues to command a healthy respect in modern-day Mexico. Organized by the Indigenous Mixtec senator for Oaxaca Adolfo Gómez, the ceremony took place in an outdoor area of the Senate building on el Día de la Lluvia,...