Daily Headlines: March 23, 2015

* Chile: Scores of protesters gathered in Osorno against the appointment of Bishop Juan Barros and accused him of helping cover up sexual abuse by Father Fernando Karadima.

* Argentina: An Argentine attorney has come under fire for posting a tweet with an “appalling” photo of the bloodied body of the late prosecutor Alberto Nisman.

* Brazil: A lack of enforcement of strict environmental laws is one of the reasons cited for a recent increase in the deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon rain forest.

* Mexico: Mexican wrestler Rey Mysterio Jr. could face manslaughter charges in the death of fellow grappler Hijo del Perro Aguayo during a bout last Saturday.


Video Source – YouTube via euronews

Online Sources – Sydney Morning Herald; Buenos Aires Herald; The Latin Americanist; Newsweek; Rappler.com

Death of a lucha wrestler

Contributed by Sir Jorge Orduna

It seems that drug coverage takes precedent in many news posts these days, and that's a real shame sometimes. While the news outlets concentrate on all things border related, no one really cares about our heroes. Case in point? The lack of coverage surrounding Lucha Libre star Abismo Negro's death. Abismo Negro, real name Andres Palomque Gonzalez, was found dead in a river in Mazatlan on a Sunday afternoon recently. Sources claim that he suffered a panic attack and forced a bus driver to pull over, and that was the last of the information we have at this point.

No one knows exactly what happened.

Lucha Libre is too big of a sport to have such little information about this. Meanwhile, last week Andrew "Test" Martin, a former WWE Wrestler, passed away overseas. Test was found dead in his hotel room. Once again, the news was swept under the rug for more favorable content amongst media searches.

The saddest thing of all is not so much the lack of coverage over the death of a lucha libre star, but moreover the lack of respect with dealing with a human being. That being said, it is no surprise that rumors are spreading about foul play in both cases; and these are our heroes.

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Online Sources- examiner.com, TWNPNews.com, PWTorch.com