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Mexico City, Mar 23 (EFE).-"The Bandit" and eight other Mexican wrestlers swapped the ring on Tuesday for the capital's subway, where they made sure commuters wore face masks to knock out the coronavirus pandemic.The luchadores jumped into the subway carriages, distributing masks and disinfecting people, and even chastising those not wearing protection. (Camera: MIGUEL ANGEL ANDRADE)SHOT LIST: MEXICAN FIGHTERS DISTRIBUTE FACE MASKS IN THE SUBWAY IN MEXICO CITY, MEXICO. SOUND BITES: EL BANDIDO, PROFESSIONAL WRESTLER, THERIUS, PROFESSIONAL WRESTLER AND JOSÉ ANTONIO GODÍNEZ, MEXICAN CITIZEN (IN SPNANISH)TRANSLATIONS: .- THE BANDIT, PROFESSIONAL WRESTLER1. We are bringing awareness to all those people who do not care and still say that the coronavirus does not exist. We come with face masks, we come with sanitizer and with all the safety regulations that must be put in place in the subway and to beware of the coronavirus.2. There are people who really get angry, they get upset. There are others who already take it as a game since Mexican wrestling is really a beautiful culture and I think that the best gift that these people give us is a smile..- THERIUS, PROFESSIONAL WRESTLERFortunately super well. I think that the image of the luchador is super important in Mexico so fortunately we have had a good response from people and they support us..- JOSÉ ANTONIO GODÍNEZ, MEXICAN CITIZEN1. It is a responsibility of oneself, not theirs, of oneself as a person. Carry the mask to avoid being ... To avoid this pandemic so that it does not spread further.2. Many people then eat and all that, but in the end, to each his own, and one respects the decisions. One tries to fulfill one's obligations, what corresponds to him and the rest.. well that's it.
Mexico City, Aug 22 (EFE).- A group of Mexican professional fighters took their sport to Xochimilco on Saturday to try to revive this spectacle and promote the economic recovery of this former lake zone of the Mexican capital."Xochimilco is a mythical place with incredible tranquility; we traded the applause of the audience for the chirping of birds," said wrestler Gran Felipe Junior, one of the promoters of the event called Chinampalucha.The decision to bring the fighting event to this tourist region of the Mexican capital was also aimed at promoting health measures against the novel coronavirus and supporting the reopening of Xochimilco, which resumed activity on Friday after being closed for five months due to the crisis. (Camera: MIGUEL ANGEL ANDRADE).SHOT LIST: MEXICAN WRESTLERS (KNOWN AS LUCHADORS) PERFORM DURING A LUCHA LIBRE EVENT AT THE CHINAMPA LUCHAS AT THE XOCHIMILCO IN MEXICO CITY, MEXICO.
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