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West Australian
6 days ago
- General
- West Australian
Luz Maria Barrera Agaton: Police probe foul play in drowning of bodybuilder beauty queen in Mexico
Foul play is being investigated in the drowning of a bodybuilder beauty queen while on holiday. Luz Maria Barrera Agaton had been talking with family and friends at a hotel pool in Mexico when most of them went to bed just after midnight on Sunday. Luz was eventually left alone in the pool at the Coco Resort & Villas Hotel in Motul, near Cancun. When she did not make it back to her room, family and friends went searching — finding her lifeless body at the bottom of the pool. Police are now investigating possible links to the 36-year-old's death and a threatening banners hung outside the gym she owned and ran in Merida just two weeks earlier. Luz destroyed the signs. In 2017, while dating ex-state prosecutor Chiri Roberto, she and her partner were threatened by thugs. And in 2023, her gym was the scene of a tragic death when a barbell fell on top of a young man, allegedly because of a trainer's carelessness. Luz, who was the vice president of the Yucatecan Association of Bodybuilding and Fitness, was crowned fitness champion at the 2017 Mister Mexico bodybuilding contest. She also won the female bikini category at the Mr Olympia Amateur competition in Spain. Yucatecan president Evangelina Cim Mezquita paid tribute to Luz in a Facebook post. 'Sometimes it's impossible to understand why certain things happen,' she said. 'We will miss you. Your boundless joy, your simple manner. 'May God comfort your entire family.'
Perth Now
6 days ago
- General
- Perth Now
Cops probe foul play in shock drowning of beauty queen
Foul play is being investigated in the drowning of a bodybuilder beauty queen while on holiday. Luz Maria Barrera Agaton had been talking with family and friends at a hotel pool in Mexico when most of them went to bed just after midnight on Sunday. Luz was eventually left alone in the pool at the Coco Resort & Villas Hotel in Motul, near Cancun. When she did not make it back to her room, family and friends went searching — finding her lifeless body at the bottom of the pool. Police are now investigating possible links to the 36-year-old's death and a threatening banners hung outside the gym she owned and ran in Merida just two weeks earlier. Luz destroyed the signs. In 2017, while dating ex-state prosecutor Chiri Roberto, she and her partner were threatened by thugs. Luz Maria Barrera Agaton was a successful bodybuilder. Credit: Supplied And in 2023, her gym was the scene of a tragic death when a barbell fell on top of a young man, allegedly because of a trainer's carelessness. Luz, who was the vice president of the Yucatecan Association of Bodybuilding and Fitness, was crowned fitness champion at the 2017 Mister Mexico bodybuilding contest. She also won the female bikini category at the Mr Olympia Amateur competition in Spain. Yucatecan president Evangelina Cim Mezquita paid tribute to Luz in a Facebook post. 'Sometimes it's impossible to understand why certain things happen,' she said. 'We will miss you. Your boundless joy, your simple manner. 'May God comfort your entire family.'
Daily Mirror
7 days ago
- General
- Daily Mirror
Beauty queen, 36, found dead in hotel pool on family holiday
A bodybuilding beauty queen has been found dead in a hotel pool on a family holiday. Luz María Barrera Agatón died in the early hours of Sunday morning, and police in Mexico say they have not ruled out the possibility of foul play. The gym owner and model was staying at a hotel with family and friends at the Coco Resort & Villas Hotel in Motul located west of Cancun, a popular holiday destination. She had been chatting with loved ones around the swimming pool before they made their way to bed at around midnight, leaving her on her own. When they noticed she was missing, they began to search for her and found her at the bottom of the beauty queen's body was retrieved from the water and emergency services were alerted. Paramedics attended the scene but could do nothing to save the young woman's area was cordoned off by the authorities as officials from the Attorney General's Office arrived to conduct a preliminary to local reports, a banner threatening was hung outside her gym in Merida just two weeks before her removed the sign herself and destroyed it without notifying the Agatón suffered similar threats in 2017 when thugs threatened her and her then-partner Chiri Roberto, a former state prosecutor. In 2023, her gym was the scene of a tragic death when a barbell fell on top of a young man, allegedly due to a trainer's are looking into whether these incidents could be connected to her was the vice president of the Yucatecan Association of Bodybuilding and Fitness (AFFEY).She owned her own gym in Merida and sponsored the Bodybuilding Tournament in was was crowned Fitness Champion at the 2017 Mister Mexico bodybuilding contest, and also won the female bikini category at the Mr Olympia Amateur competition held in was crowned queen of the Motul Carnival in a tribute, Mexican Bodybuilding Association president Evangelina Cim Mezquita said on Facebook: "Sometimes it's impossible to understand why certain things happen. "We will miss you. Your boundless joy, your simple manner."May God comfort your entire family."
