La Parka II
La Parka signing an autograph for a fan.
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| Birth name | Jesus Alfonso Huerta Escoboza |
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| Born | January 4, 1966 |
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| Ring name(s) | Bello Sexy Crater Duro Karis la Momia La Parka La Parka Jr. Maligno Santa Esmeralda |
| Billed height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Billed weight | 98 kg (216 lb) |
| Billed from | Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico |
| Trained by | America Salvaje Resplandor |
| Debut | 1987 |
Jesus Alfonso Huerta Escoboza (born January 4, 1966) is a Mexican luchador enmascarado, or masked professional wrestler, better known as La Parka, who has worked for the Mexican professional wrestling promotion Asistencia Asesoría y Administración (AAA) since the mid-1990s.
Escoboza is not the first wrestler to use the ring name "La Parka", Adolfo Tapia was the original La Parka but did not own the trademark or copyright on either the name or the character. In the late 1990s Escoboza was billed as La Parka, Jr. and then in 2003 he became the "official" La Parka while Tapia was forced to stop using the name and instead became known as L.A. Park.
Escobedo made his debut in 1987, working as Bello Sexy. After working as Bello Sexy for five years he changed his gimmick to Maligno (Spanish for "Evil"), which he used until 1995. In this time period he also briefly worked as Crater and Santa Esmarela.
In early 1995 Escobedo was once again repackaged as he joined Lucha Libre AAA Worldwide (AAA) and became Karis la Momia ("Karis the Mummy") a Mummy gimmick named after the 1940s Mummy-film series Kharis. He was the fourth wrestler to use the Karis la Momia name. On June 30, 1995 Karis la Momia made his first AAA major show appearance as he teamed with Espectro I, El Duende, Manaico and Halloween, losing to Los Power Raiders at Triplemania III-C. On May 15, 1996 Karis won his first wrestling championship as he defeated Blue Demon, Jr. for the Mexican National Cruiserweight Championship. At Triplemania IV-A Karis, Arunyo and Killer defeated Blue Demon, Jr., El Torero and Máscara Sagrada, Jr.. Over the summer of 1996 Karis worked a storyline feud, teaming with Los Payasos against Los Junior Atómicos (Máscara Sagrada, Jr., Tinieblas, Jr., Blue Demon, Jr. and Halcón Dorado, Jr.). The two teams met in a four on four match at Triplemania IV-B which Los Junior Atómicos won. The storyline continued at Triplemania IV-C as the two teams faced off in a Steel cage match as the main event of the show. The match saw Karis la Momia defeat Halcón Dorado, Jr., forcing him to unmask. In November 1996 Karis la Momia was given a new gimmick and he was forced to vacate the Mexican National Cruiserweight Championship because of this. He may have impersonated a new character named La Calaca (a variation of La Parka character with an inverted costume and a more diabolical mask) in a match fought in Arena Neza at the end of 1996. This gimmick was later given to a Monterrey rudo named El Sanguinario.
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