A wrestler known as ‘El Vikingo’ has caused outrage in Mexico, after being caught on video slamming a five-year-old to the hard concrete floor at a small show in the country’s capital city before the weekend.
The incident took place in the humble borough of Venustiano Carranza in Mexico City.
Lying on the floor in the street, away from the ring that was especially set up for the occasion, Einar Cruz is approached by the child.
When the boy, Mateo, playfully attempts to get him in a chokehold, Cruz gives off an OTT reaction that shocked fans enjoying the show.
In the footage, several of them can be seen rushing to Mateo’s aid and angrily blasting El Vikingo for the volatile outburst.
Called to the scene, local police placed Cruz under arrest as officers had to stop certain members of the crowd from physically assaulting him.
Yet after Mateo’s mother pardoned the wrestler after appearing before the prosecutor’s office in Mexico City, El Vikingo has been a free man since Sunday – at least for now.
Commenting on the matter, Mexico City Attorney General Ernestina Godoy revealed that Cruz’s crime is not one “that deserves deprivation of liberty”, as “injuries that take 15 days to heal are not punishable”.
“But here we are working to get him punished because he is a child, but we had to release him at that time,” she added, which has led some fans to lament an “embarrassing” lack of justice.
In more bad news for him, the Mexico City Wrestling Commission confirmed on Monday that it has indefinitely suspended El Vikingo.
Speaking TV network Telediario, Mateo insisted he wanted to choke out Einar El Vikingo due to him fighting on the villains’ team.
To make him feel better, though, an array of top wrestlers have pledged solidarity with the boy and even visited him at his home while he recovers.
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