when La Parka suffered the injury, people close to the situation believed Parka would not last thru that night. He kept fighting for two more months.
— luchablog (@luchablog) January 12, 2020
We were telling you in October 2019 that, during a match with RUSH at an event celebrating the 64th Anniversary of the Coliseo De Monterrey in Mexico, La Parka suffered a brutal injury to his head and neck after a failed suicide dive attempt. Some said he would not last through the night, he kept fighting 2 more months before passing away on Saturday.
Jesús Alfonso Escoboza Huerta, in fact, never recovered from in-ring injuries that required immediate surgery for a neck and cervical fracture, along with a repair to a fractured vertebra. Parka had a renal failure on January 10th and was put back on assisted breathing, but then suffered lung and kidney failure on January 11th.
Huerta was the second La Parka. The original wrestled in WCW and AAA in the 90s and now goes by LA Park, who currently wrestles for MLW. During his career, Huerta was also known as La Parka II, La Parka Jr., and Maligno. He made his Lucha Libre AAA debut in 1995. In 2018, he appeared on an episode of Impact Wrestling. He held six different championships in AAA, won the Rey de Reyes tournament five times, won the Copa Antonio Peña, won the Copa Triplemanía XXV, and went undefeated (10-0) in Lucha de Apuestas for mask vs mask and mask vs hair.
Con mucha tristeza lamentamos informar que nuestro amigo e ídolo de la lucha libre mexicana Jesús Alfonso Escoboza Huerta "LA PARKA" ha fallecido.
Externamos nuestro apoyo y condolencias a toda su familia y elevamos nuestras oraciones para su pronta resignación.
Descanse en paz pic.twitter.com/JNtTYKOlwG
— Lucha Libre AAA (@luchalibreaaa) January 12, 2020
AAA has since released a statement of his passing, translated below:
“In Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide, we share in the grief felt by the wrestling family upon the sudden death of Jesus Alfonso Huerta Escoboza, who brought life to the persona of “LA PARKA” (1966-2020), idol and legend of Mexican Lucha libre. R.I.P.
CMDX, January 11, 2020 – Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide is in mourning. Today, Saturday, January 11, 2020, in his native Hermosillo, Sonora. Jesus Alfonso Huerta Escoboza, died surrounded by his family and loved ones. On the night of January 10, he had renal failure, so it was necessary to return to assisted breathing. Today, January 11, his lungs and kidney definitely failed.
Originally from Hermosillo, Sonora, Jesus Alfonso Huerta Escoboza toured Mexico and the world under the mask of La Parka with the Caravan Estelera AAA for more than 20 years, reaching the level of the crowd idol and worldwide Lucha libre legend.
In his hands, he held the Triplemania Cup, the Antonio Pena Cup, the masks of Cibernetico, Gigante Drako, Halcon Dorado Jr., and Muerte Cibernetica, as well as being the most frequent winner of the King of Kings tournament.”
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