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Fig. 1: Christ Chavez, Inside Arturo García’s Five Star Mexican Bakery in El Paso, 2021. El Paso, Texas, Texas Highways.
In March 2021, Roberto José Andrade Franco published an article for Texas Highways magazine entitled, ‘How Lucha Libre’s Mexican Style of Wrestling Unites Two Countries’.1 The piece opens with an image of Arturo García (1944-), also known as Flama Roja, the legendary lucha libre rudo, or Mexican professional freestyle wrestling villain (Fig. 1). García wrestled from 1966 until 1994, traveling to arenas throughout Mexico, but now owns the Five Star Mexican Bakery in El Paso, Texas, decorating the walls of his business with the relics of his career. García faces the camera, standing in front of lighted bread cases, racks with trays of Mexican pan dulce, and a wall of photos in the frame with a prized collection of masks belonging Roberto José Andrade Franco, ‘How Lucha Libre’s Mexican Style of Wrestling Unites Two Countries’, Texas Highways, March 2021 <https://texashighways.com/culture/how-luchalibre-mexican-style-wrestling-unites-two-countries/> [accessed 5 August 2021]. 1
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