A man rests next to a roadside chapel in Tijuana, Mexico. The chapel honors Jesus Malverde, said to have been an outlaw hanged by law enforcement over a century ago.
PHOTOGRAPH BY SHAUL SCHWARZ, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION
In this photo from the December 1990 issue, a mariachi band serenades newlyweds on the way to their reception in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Mariachi bands have been around since the 1860s, when France occupied Mexico.
PHOTOGRAPH BY DANNY LEHMAN, NAT GEO IMAGE COLLECTION