The order of the Knights Templar, which dates back to the Christian crusades of the Middle Ages, has had to change its name in Mexico due to the emergence of a criminal gang that has usurped its traditional identity.

The order of the Knights Templar, which dates back to the Christian crusades of the Middle Ages, has had to change its name in Mexico due to the emergence of a criminal gang that has usurped its traditional identity.
'It is a difficult time. If we go into those areas where these criminal gangs that call themselves 'Knights Templar' operate and we go out saying that we are templars, we are going to get seven shots,' the order's prior in Mexico, Argentine Roberto Angel Molinari, told the German Press Agency dpa in an interview.
The order's new official name is Knights of the Temple of Solomon.