Alberto Pérez Jiménez (May 15, 1975 – June 29, 2009) was a Mexican ''
Luchador
Lucha libre (, meaning "freestyle wrestling" or literally translated as "free fight") is the term used in Latin America for professional wrestling. Since its introduction to Mexico in the early 20th century, it has developed into a unique form ...
'' ''
enmascarado'' who worked in the ''
Mini-Estrella
The term ''Mini-Estrella'' (Spanish for "Mini-Star") is used in lucha libre to describe a division of short professional wrestlers or ''luchadors'', some of whom have dwarfism. The Mexican ''Mini-Estrellas'' is comparable to Midget wrestling pra ...
'' division from 1990 until his death in 2009. He was best known under the
ring name La Parkita, having used the name in
Asistencia AsesorÃa y Administración
Antonio Peña Promotions, S.A. de C.V. d/b/a Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide is a Mexican Lucha Libre ( professional wrestling) promotion based in Mexico City, Mexico. Commonly referred to as simply AAA (pronounced "triple A"; an abbreviation of its ...
(AAA), the Mexican
Independent circuit and
Chikara in the United States. His older brother Mario and twin brother Alejandro also wrestled under the names
Espectrito
Mario Pérez Jiménez (December 18, 1966 – January 23, 2016) was a Mexican Mini-Estrella luchador, or Mini professional wrestler, best known under the ring name Espectrito. Jiménez worked for the World Wrestling Federation as "Mini Vader ...
and
Espectrito II respectively. On June 29, 2009, both twins were killed by prostitutes in Mexico City.
Professional wrestling career
After being trained by his older brother Mario, who wrestles as
Espectrito
Mario Pérez Jiménez (December 18, 1966 – January 23, 2016) was a Mexican Mini-Estrella luchador, or Mini professional wrestler, best known under the ring name Espectrito. Jiménez worked for the World Wrestling Federation as "Mini Vader ...
, Alberto made his professional wrestling debut in 1990 as a ''Mini-Estrella'' named Gemelito Diablo. Working in the Mini division does not necessarily mean that Alberto is a
dwarf
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as several short wrestlers work in the "Mini" division.
Later on he wrestled as ''Voladorcito'', a mini version of the wrestler
Volador
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and even briefly wore the outfit of ''Octagoncito'' when the original
Octagoncito
Octagoncito (born April 24, 1974) is a Mexican '' Luchador'' '' enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler, who works in the ''Mini-Estrellas'' ("Mini-Stars") division on the Mexican Independent circuit. He is the first wrestler to work as Oc ...
was unable to wrestle.
In 1992
Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre's (CMLL) head booker
Antonio Peña
Antonio Hipolito Peña Herrada (June 13, 1951 – October 5, 2006) was the founder of the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Asistencia AsesorÃa y Administración (AAA) in 1992. Peña's promotion reached its height of popularity in the ea ...
left the promotion to create his own promotion,
Asistencia AsesorÃa y Administración
Antonio Peña Promotions, S.A. de C.V. d/b/a Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide is a Mexican Lucha Libre ( professional wrestling) promotion based in Mexico City, Mexico. Commonly referred to as simply AAA (pronounced "triple A"; an abbreviation of its ...
(AAA). In CMLL Peña had been instrumental in the creation of the ''Mini-Estrellas'' division and immediately started a Minis division in AAA as well, consisting of several CMLL Minis and a crew of new Minis signed on AAA's creation.
One of these signees was Alberto Pérez Jiménez, through the recommendation of his brother Mario Pérez Jiménez who worked for AAA at the time. Jiménez was given the gimmick of ''La Parkita'', a ''Mascota'' (Miniature version) of the popular wrestler
La Parka
Adolfo Margarito Tapia Ibarra (November 14, 1965) is a Mexican '' luchador enmascarado'' ( masked professional wrestler), who currently performs as L. A. Park for Major League Wrestling in the United States, where he is a former MLW World Tag ...
, complete with a skeleton mask and body suit. Later on Alberto began doing double duty, working some nights as La Parkita and other nights as ''Payasito Amarillo'', forming a trio with ''Payasito Rojo'' and ''Payasito Azul'' to form the trio ''Los Payasitos'' a mini version of the ''rudo'' (bad guy or
heel) trio of clowns called ''
Los Payasos
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''. On June 10, La Parkita was one of the 13 Minis who participated in the main event of
TriplemanÃa III-A
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, a multi-man ''
Luchas de Apuestas
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'', or bet match, where each participant put their mask on the line. La Parkita managed to save his mask while Payasito Rojo was unmasked after the match.
Eight days later La Parkita was on the losing side of an eight-mini match at
TriplemanÃa III-B; the match saw the team of Torerito,
Super Muñequito
''Super Muñequito'' (born October 26, 1966 in San Luis PotosÃ, San Luis PotosÃ, Mexico) is the most well known ring name of a retired Mexican '' Luchador enmacarado'' or masked professional wrestler. He started his career under the name ''Ag ...
,
Octagoncito
Octagoncito (born April 24, 1974) is a Mexican '' Luchador'' '' enmascarado'', or masked professional wrestler, who works in the ''Mini-Estrellas'' ("Mini-Stars") division on the Mexican Independent circuit. He is the first wrestler to work as Oc ...
and
Mascarita Sagrada
:''At least three wrestlers have wrestled under the name "Mascarita Sagrada". This article is about the original.''
Mascarita Sagrada (Spanish for Little Sacred Mask, real name not known, born January 11, 1965) is a Mexican Mini Luchador enmasca ...
defeat La Parkita, Espectrito I, Espectrito II and Fuercita Guerrera.
A year later the Jiménez brothers lost to
Máscarita Sagráda, Jr., Super Muñequito and Mini Frisbee at
TriplemanÃa IV-C
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.
Alberto left AAA, being fired for missing too many shows. Peña gave the ''La Parkita'' to another wrestler but Alberto kept working as La Parkita on the Mexican
Independent circuit, although he never regularly worked for one single promotion after leaving AAA.
Personal life
Alberto Pérez Jiménez is the twin brother of Alejandro Pérez Jiménez who was best known under the ring name Espectrito II or Espectro, Jr. Alberto and Alejandro's older brother Mario Pérez Jiménez is also a wrestler known primarily as Espectrito.
Death
Alberto Pérez Jiménez along with his twin brother Alejandro (also a professional midget wrestler under the name of
Espectrito II), were found murdered on June 29, 2009. It was reported that the two brothers checked into a hotel after a Sunday night show. Allegedly, two female prostitutes approached the wrestlers and were invited back to their hotel room. There the two women spiked the men's drinks with what was believed to be eye drops mixed with alcohol.
[ The drinks were intended to knock the men out, but they died instead, perhaps due to their small stature. The prostitutes were allegedly part of a group called La Filtracion.][ On July 22, 2009, it was reported that the Mexican police had arrested one of the two women suspected in the death of the Pérez Jiménez twins. Police traced the whereabouts of the woman by tracking one of the Pérez Jiménez' twins cell phones which she used. The woman admitted to going to the hotel room with the Pérez Jiménez twins but denied being involved in their death.] On August 12, 2009, Mexican police tracked down the second suspect in Hidalgo
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and arrested her. She admitted to being at the crime scene but maintained that it was her accomplice who administered the drugs that killed the Pérez Jiménez twins. The two women were later found guilty and, on July 12, 2010, sentenced to 47 years in prison.
The story of the Jiménez twins' murder was the subject of an episode of ''Tabloid with Jerry Springer
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'' that shows a dramatized version of the events including an interview with their mother Maria Elena Jiménez and brother Juan Jiménez. The episode revealed that Alberto was starting to become involved with local politics, but did not reveal any actual links between their death and Alberto's political aspirations.
Not to be confused with
While Alberto Pérez Jiménez was the first wrestler to use the "La Parkita" ring character at least two other wrestlers have used the name in AAA after Alberto left the promotion.
* La Parkita II – The wrestler that took over after Jiménez, currently wrestles as the second version of Octagoncito
* La Parkita III – The current version of La Parkita, having played the part since 1997
See also
* List of premature professional wrestling deaths
According to a 2014 study by Eastern Michigan University examining professional wrestlers who were active between 1985 and 2011, mortality rates for professional wrestlers are up to 2.9 times greater than the rate for men in the wider United State ...
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