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Mexican wrestling star and former television reporter Alma Corina Gutiérrez Villarreal, better known as Diana La Cazadora, has died at 48, prompting an outpouring of tributes from Mexico's lucha libre community.
Gutiérrez died on Saturday, Aug. 8, after spending several weeks hospitalized in Monterrey, Nuevo León. The news was revealed in the legendary wrestler El Hijo del Santo's Instagram account. Later, her daughter, Dalina Gutiérrez, confirmed her death after her mother's nearly month-long battle with a serious pulmonary infection.
Despite several reports linking her hospitalization to the infection, an official medical cause of death has not been publicly disclosed.
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Diana La Cazadora had been hospitalized for weeks
Concerns about Gutiérrez's health emerged in July, when reports from Mexico's wrestling community said she had been admitted to a hospital in Monterrey because of an infection affecting her lungs. She later underwent surgery as doctors treated the illness.
According to information attributed to her daughter, the former wrestler had been fighting the infection for roughly a month and had successfully undergone a delicate operation about a week before her death.
Her hospitalization prompted concern among wrestlers, fans and people who had followed her television career in northern Mexico.
The death was confirmed publicly over the weekend by people close to Gutiérrez and members of the wrestling community.
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Gutiérrez was born on Jan. 16, 1978, in Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas. She began training as a professional wrestler in the 1990s and made her professional debut around 1997.
Performing as Diana La Cazadora, she became particularly well known in northern Mexico and competed with promotions including Lucha Libre Femenil and the Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre, or CMLL. During her career, she held the Monterrey Women's Championship, the LLF Junior Championship and the LLF Tag Team Championship alongside Nikki Roxx.
Her career eventually extended beyond the wrestling ring.
Gutiérrez became a recognizable television personality in Monterrey, working as a traffic reporter and covering accidents, congestion and road conditions while traveling by motorcycle. Her television work earned her the nickname "La Cazadora de las Noticias."
In 2005, she suffered a serious leg injury after being struck by a vehicle while working as a traffic reporter, temporarily forcing her away from professional wrestling. She later returned to the ring.
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