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Al Bawaba
6 days ago
- General
- Al Bawaba
Body of beauty queen and bodybuilder found inside hotel pool in Mexico
Published June 4th, 2025 - 06:17 GMT ALBAWABA - The body of 'carnival queen' influencer, Luz María Barrera Agatón, was found at the bottom of a swimming pool inside a hotel in Mexico, local media confirmed. According to the Daily Mail, the bodybuilder's dead body was found weeks after she allegedly was threatened outside her gym. In detail, Agatón received a threatening banner outside her gym in Merida, Yucatán. Agatón, 36, from Mexico, had been staying with family and friends at the Coco Resort & Villas Hotel in Motul, west of Cancun, when she was found dead inside the pool last Sunday morning. — Fuerza Informativa Azteca (@AztecaNoticias) June 2, 2025 Bodybuilder Luz María Barrera Agatón had spent the evening with loved ones around the cenote-style pool before they all left to their rooms at around midnight, and she stayed alone. After she failed to return to her room, her friends started to search, and when she was found inside the swimming pool, paramedics tried to save her, but she was already dead. © 2000 - 2025 Al Bawaba (
Daily Mail
6 days ago
- Health
- Daily Mail
Beauty influencer, 36, is found dead in hotel swimming pool in Mexico: Police 'not ruling out foul play'
A 'carnival queen' influencer has been found dead at the bottom of a hotel swimming pool just two weeks after she was allegedly subjected to threats outside her gym. Luz María Barrera Agatón, 36, from Mexico, had been staying with family and friends at the Coco Resort & Villas Hotel in Motul, west of Cancun, when she died on Sunday morning. The bodybuilder had spent the evening with loved ones around the cenote-style pool before they all made their way to bed at around midnight, leaving her alone on the premises. Concerned that a number of hours had passed without Ms Agatón's return, the party went searching and shockingly found her body which was plunged at the pool's depths. Her corpse was quickly removed and paramedics tried to save her, but she was tragically already dead. Detectives on the case say they have not ruled out the possibility of foul play. Local reports say Ms Agatón's death came just two weeks after a threatening banner was hung outside her gym in Merida, Yucatán. She is said to have removed the sign herself and destroyed it without notifying the authorities. Ms Agatón had suffered similar threats in 2017 when she and her then-partner Chiri Roberto, a former state prosecutor, were threatened. Her gym was also the scene of a tragic death in 2023 when a barbell fell on top of a young man, reportedly caused by a trainer's carelessness. Investigators are looking into whether these incidents could be connected to her death. Ms Agatón was the vice president of the Yucatecan Association of Bodybuilding and Fitness (YAFFEY), whose president Evangelina Cimé Mézquita said on Facebook: 'Sometimes you don't understand why things happen. 'We're going to miss you. your overflowing joy, your simplicity. May God comfort your entire family.' The YAFFEY account also shared a post which read: 'Sometimes there aren't enough words to express how one feels. 'See you soon my friend. I know there's a party in heaven today.' 'We're going to miss you. your overflowing joy, your simplicity. God comfort your entire family. May God comfort your entire family.' Ms Agatón owned her gym in Merida and sponsored the Bodybuilding Tournament in Motul. She was crowned Fitness Champion at the 2017 Mister Mexico bodybuilding contest, and was named queen of the Motul Carnival just last year.
Daily Mail
10-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Iconic 90s actress gives rare update on life in Mexico five years after fleeing Hollywood
Rose McGowan has shared an update on her life in Mexico, where she's lived since she fled Hollywood during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020. The 51-year-old actress — who rose to fame with roles in Scream and Charmed —flew back to the states for 90s Con in Hartford, Connecticut. While chatting on a panel with former co-star Holly Marie Combs, Rose dished on how she's faring in Yucatán. 'My father lived in Mexico for 35 years. It is an incredible country. It is so wildly geographically diverse, culturally diverse and just very, very special. There's so much joy,' she stated, according to an account from People. She added, 'My favorite word in Spanish is alegría, which means joy, and there's so much of that there, and color and passion and fun.' The silver screen siren also described the Latin American country as 'just different.' Before leaving Hollywood for a more relaxed lifestyle, she had been a prominent voice in the #MeToo movement, which saw movie mogul Harvey Weinstein brought to justice for sexual violence against women. Looking back, Rose shared during the 90s Con conversation, 'I had to talk for a lot of years, kind of more than normal people might.' 'There's a point where I just got really talked out. I just wanted to listen,' she reflected, adding, 'I wanted silence, and I wanted to listen more than I wanted to talk.' The actress acknowledged that her move hasn't been all smooth sailing. 'There's things about it that are difficult, just like anywhere, and it's certainly a challenge sometimes, doing things when, at first, you don't really know the language,' she admitted. 'You're navigating a totally different system. You learn very quickly, though,' she noted. Taking to Instagram in May, where she engages 866,000 followers, McGowan uploaded a photo of herself wearing a leopard print mini dress in Guadalajara. On Thursday Rose posted an Instagram video driving a cart around Home Depot as she revealed a black boot on her foot due to some kind of injury. She didn't explain what happened, but wrote in a playful caption: 'I can still drive at Home Depot' And on Thursday she posted a brief snippet driving a cart around Home Depot as she revealed a black boot on her foot due to some kind of injury. She didn't explain what happened, but wrote in a playful caption: 'I can still drive at Home Depot.' In 2021 the star shared that she had become a permanent Mexico resident, nearly one year after relocating. Appearing on The Dab Roast, she stated: 'I just got my permanent residency card from Mexico, and I'm so grateful to have it. This is a really healing land here and it is truly magical.' She had previously announced online, 'I'm in a place called Coba (on the Yucatan peninsula). 'I knew [Covid-19] was going to get really bad in America and I had a moment to figure out where I wanted to be. My lease was up in New York so I came here to Mexico where I'm living for a third of the price. It's beautiful here.' S
