Mexican Wrestler Abismo Negro Death Blamed on Steroid-Induced Anxiety Attack

The death of Mexican wrestler Andrés Alejandro Palomeque González, better known as the “Abismo Negro”, has been linked to anabolic steroids by the local coroner. Physician Jesus Enrique Castro Lopez examined the body of the 37-year old Palomeque and concluded that his death was precipitated by an anxiety attack possibly resulting from the consumption of anabolic steroids. Castro made the conclusion solely based on the prevalence of steroid use in sports; the medical examiner’s “opinion” was not based on toxicology tests that determined if any drugs were present in Palomeque’s system (“Extraña muerte de luchador Mexicano “Abismo Negro,” March 25).

Las investigaciones realizadas por autoridades locales indican que el deportista solicitó al chofer de la unidad Elite le permitiera bajar, con una actitud nerviosa y sufriendo de crisis de ansiedad, debido a posible consumo de anabólicos muy comunes dentro de la sociedad deportista, según Jesus Enrique Castro Lopez, medico legista.

Andres Alejandro González Palomeque was found dead near a river in El Rosario, Mexico early Saturday morning on March 21, 2009. There was no medical evidence to support anabolic steroid-induced anxiety attack as the cause of death. An  autopsy was not conducted. Furthermore, the circumstance surrounding the death of Andrés Palomeque were suspicious with speculation that foul play could have been involved.

Andres Palomeque aka Abismo Negro was en route to Mexico City after appearing in a show with other wrestlers in Mazatlan on the Elite public bus line when he purportedly displayed irrational behavior apparently suffering from an anxiety attack. He allegedly forced the driver to leave him near the city of El Rosario.

The bus driver alerted local authorities. Police officers in El Rosario and Escuinapa conducted a search operation. Palomeque had contacted his wife via SMS text message to report that he was lost in the hills near the river. His wife informed Mazatlan wrestling promoter Vincente Martinez and his party joined the police search for the Abismo Negro.

Quetzalcoatl Piña Ibarra, agent of the Public Ministry, reported that the corpse of Abismo Negro was discovered in the mud below highway Mexico-15 bridge near the Juices Citifrut factory in El Rosario.

PW News Now reports rumors that “Gonzalez’s past that finally caught up to him and led to his death.” Pro Wrestling Insider also reports unsubstantiated rumors of foul play.

Televisa broke the news nationally last night and AAA soon followed on their website but neither had any more details. There are tons of rumors going around on whether the death was natural or foul play being involved which considering Gonzalez’s past is definitely an option.

The funeral for Andrés Palomeque was held on March 24, 2009 at the Casa Pedregal de la Casa Funeraria in Mexico City and attended by several Mexican pro wrestlers.

Palomeque worked for various pro wrestling federations including AAA & CMLL/EMLL, TNA (Team Mexico) and the WWE. The Abismo Negro appeared in WWE Raw and the Royal Rumble in 1997. He also wrestled in Japan.

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Millard writes about anabolic steroids and performance enhancing drugs and their use and impact in sport and society. He discusses the medical and non-medical uses of anabolic-androgenic steroids while advocating a harm reduction approach to steroid education.