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Alejandro Pérez Jiménez, along with his twin brother
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296:(WWF) and as a part of that arrangement AAA sent a number of their Minis to work for the WWF. Since the WWF audience did not know any of the minis it was decided to repackage almost all AAA minis, Alejandro Pérez Jiménez was no exception as he was repackaged as "Mini Mankind", a miniature version of
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that shows a dramatized version of the events including an interview with their mother Maria Elena Jiménez and brother Juan Jiménez. The episode revealed that
Alberto was starting to become involved with local politics, but did not reveal any actual links between their death and Alberto's political
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women, but the size of the victims played a part in their death. On July 22, 2009, it was reported that the
Mexican police arrested one of the two women suspected in the death of the Jiménez twins. Police traced the whereabouts of the woman by tracking one of the Jiménez' twins cell phone which she
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and arrested her. The second suspect admitted to being at the crime scene but maintained that it was her accomplice that administered the drugs that killed
Alejandro and Alberto Pérez Jiménez. The two women were later found guilty and, on July 12, 2010, sentenced to 47 years in prison.
338:. By the fall of 1997 all of the AAA minis had been repackaged once more, replacing the miniature versions of regular-sized wrestlers with unique characters. Alejandro Pérez Jiménez was repackaged as "Tarantula". Alejandro, as Tarantula, made a
261:, or bet match, where each participant put their mask on the line. Espectrito II managed to save his mask while Payasito Rojo was unmasked after the match. Eight days later Espectrito I was on the losing side of an eight-mini match at
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358:. By March 1998 the working agreement between AAA and the WWF ended with all the minis returning to Mexico. Not long after the agreement ended Alejandro PĂ©rez JimĂ©nez and Mario MejĂa JimĂ©nez left AAA, opting to work on the Mexican
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used. The woman admitted to going to the hotel room with the Pérez Jiménez twins but denied being involved in their death. On August 12, 2009, Mexican police arrested the second suspect, tracking her down in
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under their "Espectrito" personas. While
Alejandro Pérez Jiménez worked as "Mini Mankind" in 1997 and 1998, he did not play the role when the ring persona was brought back during a 2008
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women spiked the men's drinks with what was believed to be eye drops mixed in with alcohol. When the two brothers passed out, the two women, allegedly part of a group named
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who teamed with
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