Alfonso Dantés. Later that year he would successfully defend the title against Mil Máscaras on the EMLL 32nd Anniversary Show, EMLL's biggest show of the year. on October 14, 1966 his second reign as the Mexican National Light Heavyweight Champion comes to an end when he lost to El Santo. In 1966 Espanto I and II won the Mexican National Tag Team Championship from El Santo and Mil Máscaras, but would later lose the belts to El Santo and Mil Máscaras in a rematch. Espanto I became a three-time Mexican National Light Heavyweight Champion in March, 1967, holding it for three months before Mil Máscaras won the championship. Death and legacy On May 30, 1968, after a wrestling show in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Vázquez, and fellow wrestler Popeye Franco, were killed by a cantina owner during a fight. Records are unclear if Eusebio Vázquez had any children, but it is clear that the wrestler who later worked as Espanto Jr. and claimed to be the son of Eusebio Vázquez was not related at all. That Espanto Jr., Jesús Andrade Salas, was allowed to use the name by Espanto II. Later on other Espantos would follow in the footsteps of the character that Eusebio Vázquez created, including his nephews Espanto IV and V, Los Hijos del Espanto, Espantito, and a new Espanto Jr., son of the original Espanto. After the storyline with El Santo Los Espantos became one of the most reviled rudo trios in Lucha libre at the time. In 1999, the Mexican newspaper El Siglo de Torreón stated that the team of Espanto I and Espanto II was considered one of the best rudo teams in the history of lucha libre. The statement was echoed by SuperLuchas Magazine in 2010 when they wrote an obituary after Espanto II died. Championships and accomplishments Empresa Mexicana de Lucha Libre Mexican National Light Heavyweight Championship (3 times) Mexican National Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Espanto II Chihuahua State wrestling Ciudad Juárez Lucha Libre Hall of Fame (2010) Luchas de Apuestas record See also List of premature professional wrestling deaths References 1930 births 1968 deaths Mexican male professional wrestlers Masked wrestlers Professional wrestlers from Coahuila People from Torreón 20th-century professional wrestlers Mexican National Tag Team Champions Mexican National Light Heavyweight Champions