Espanto I and II were joined by Espanto III, Espanto I's younger brother Miguel Vázquez Bernal, forming an "identical trio" where all three members wore the same mask and used basically the same ring name just with a number to differentiate them. Outside of teaming with Espanto III, Espanto I and II also regularly teamed up with El Santo, often headlining shows across Mexico. Teaming with El Santo was part of a storyline where Espanto I and II would attack El Santo after a match, turning Santo to the tecnico side (those that portray the "good guys") in the process. On Jun 22, 1963, Espanto I, II and El Santo lost a match to Rito Romero, Rayo de Jalisco, and Henry Pilusso. Being disappointed with the loss Espanto II attacked El Santo, but ended up with his own mask torn up and his face covered in blood when El Santo fought back. Espanto I and II also formed a team with El Gladiador, often facing El Santo and various partners. One particularly heated match saw Los Espantos and Gladiador fight their opponents, Ray Mendoza, René Guajardo, and Karloff Lagarde all the way back to the locker rooms in an era where such a thing was unheard of in Mexico. At the first EMLL 30th Anniversary show Espanto II lost a Lucha de Apuestas, or "bet match" to Rubén Juárez and as a result was forced to unmask. In Lucha libre losing an Apuesta match is seen as the ultimate humiliation and an Apuesta win is considered more prestigious than winning a championship. Three weeks later, on September 27, 1963 at the second EMLL 30th Anniversary show, Espanto I defeated Rubén Juárez in a Lucha de Apuesta and forced Juárez to have his hair shaved off. In the winter of 1963 Espanto II was forced to shave his hair off as El Santo defeated him in a Lucha de Apuestas match. A few weeks later they followed up the storyline with El Santo unmasking Espanto I. The Los Espantos trio got their biggest win ever when they defeated the "dream team" of Mexican tecnicos El Santo, Blue Demon and Mil Máscaras On June 12, 1964 Espanto III was unmasked after losing a Lucha de Apuestas match to Huracán Ramírez. As each Espanto lost their mask and had to state their birth names per lucha libre traditions, they claimed that their last