Overview
- The death was confirmed on February 26 by a family statement on his social media accounts.
- Relatives said he “transcended to a new life” and that he died surrounded by his wife Araceli and his children Jimena and Marco.
- In early February he was admitted to intensive care for a serious respiratory complication that required intubation, and the family sought donations for mounting medical costs.
- Known as “El Charro Volador,” he raced in the 1970s in the United States, Canada and Europe before becoming a leading analyst across Imevisión’s DeporTV and Los Protagonistas, later contributing to Radio Trece, Claro Sports and TUDN.
- Colleagues, including José Ramón Fernández, paid tribute and recalled his on-air sensitivity, notably during coverage of Ayrton Senna’s death in 1994.