La Luz del Mundo and the 2019 arrest of Naasón Joaquín García

Record summary

The 2019 arrest of Naasón Joaquín García, leader of La Luz del Mundo, generated competing narratives about divine authority, succession, miracle claims, institutional legitimacy and alleged abuse. The movement’s headquarters in Guadalajara and its major religious celebrations provide a concrete setting for studying how charismatic traditions and counter-legends form around a living leader. The case is relevant to folklore because devotional stories, testimony and hostile rumor circulated alongside court reporting. Allegations and legal outcomes must be checked against court documents and reputable journalism rather than devotional or polemical sources.