Lucha libre wrestlers pay homage to their patron saint

2 August 2012 Last updated at 10:23 ET Help

Dozens of masked wrestlers have made a pilgrimage to the shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, in Mexico, to pay homage to their patron saint.

Many of them prayed for her to watch over them in their bouts of lucha libre wrestling - Mexico's flamboyant and wildly popular version of the traditional sport.

María Dupin reports.

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