Los Hijos del Espanto (Spanish for "the Sons of Espanto") is a Mexican professional wrestling tag team who has primarily worked as a rudo (term used for wrestlers who portray the "Bad guys") team consisting of El Hijo del Espanto I and El Hijo del Espanto II. While their names indicate that they are supposedly sons of one of Los Espantos, they are not related to either Espanto I, Espanto II or Espanto III but were instead given the rights to use the names by Espanto II. Los Hijos del Espanto are brothers, with Hijo del Espanto II being the older brother, but since the younger brother started to use the name first the older brother was designated as "Hijo del Espanto II". Their birth names are not a matter of public record as they are both enmascarados, or masked wrestlers, and in lucha libre the identities of masked wrestlers are kept secret unless unmasked. Personal lives The man who would later be known as "Hijo del Espanto II" (Spanish for "Son of Terror 2" or literally "Son of Espanto 2") was born in 1971 in Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico. Seven years later his brother, later known as "Hijo del Espanto I" was born on March 20, 1977. Being seven years apart the two were not into the same hobbies as children, with the older Hijo del Espanto brother being the first to be interested in Lucha libre, or professional wrestling. Prior to teaming up As both Hijo del Espantos are working as enmascarados, or masked professional wrestlers, their birthnames are not publized as is tradition in lucha libre when a wrestler has never been unmasked in the ring. Due to the secrecy it is not clear if Hijo del Espanto I wrestled under a different name before making his debut as El Hijo del Espanto in 1993. Hijo del Espanto I was trained by Fernando Cisneros Carrillo, better known as Espanto II, and Cisneros allowed Hijo del Espanto I to use the name. In 1999 Espantito, a diminutive version of Los Espantos, commented that he had trained with El Hijo del Espanto I under CIsneros, remembering him as a dedicated wrestler with a "great mind" for the sport. In 1995 Hijo del Espanto defeated El Latino Jr. to win the Coahuila state Lightweight Championship, a title he held for most of the year. In 2000 Hijo del Espanto won a