The world of Mexican midget wrestling is in mourning after two of its most famous stars were apparently poisoned by fake prostitutes.

Brothers in armlocks Alberto and Alejandro Pérez Jiménez were found dead in a hotel room after being drugged and robbed.

Masks of respect: Relatives say a final goodbye at the twins home in Mexico City

The women who spiked the twins’ drinks are thought to be members of an organised crime gang who pose as prostitutes to attract victims.


They normally just knock out their victims but the dose proved too much for Alberto â aka ‘La Parkita’ (Little Death) and Alejandro â aka ‘Espectrito II’.



The 36-year-olds were veteran stars of the ‘Lucha Mini’ world of midget wrestling.

They began their fighting careers 17 years ago in a tag team called the Small Devils and sometimes crossed over into American WWF/WWE wrestling.

Skeleton-masked La Parkita fought at the WWF Royal Rumble showpiece events in 1997 and 1998 in a tag team alongside Lucha Mini legend and Hollywood actor Mascarita Sagrada.

At the 1997 Royal Rumble, he faced â and beat â a tag team featuring his brother, who was fighting under the name Mini Mankind.

Alejandro also fought at WWE events using the alias ‘Tarantula’. But it seems their wrestling careers were the last thing on their minds on Sunday night.

The luchadors picked up the two women after filming a TV fight show and took them to a hotel, according to police in Mexico City.

But while preparing for their ’bouts’ they appear to have had their alcoholic drinks spiked before being robbed.

The pair were found by cleaners at the hotel on Monday. Tests suggested they had not had sex with the women.

It is thought their size made them more vulnerable to the drugs the women put in their drinks.

Police suspect a gang known as The Leak or The Drops was involved in the incident and said 20 people were arrested for similar crimes last year.

Yesterday, there were conflicting reports as to whether the ‘prostitutes’ had been ­arrested.