in january 2008, fully recovered of his injury, gutiérrez signed a four-year contract with the mexican side uag tecos, but he was loaned six months to the pre-cordilleran side for play the copa libertadores, remaining of this form in católica. he returned to play in an 8–2 home win to santiago morning for the torneo de apertura first week, scoring the last goal in the 87th minute of game. gutiérrez made his libertadores debut in the 1–0 win over the peruvian club universidad san martín de porres, and scored his first goal for this contest in the next game in a 2–1 defeat against river plate, putting the equalizer goal in the 47th minute. during the season, he appeared in 16 games, scoring in six opportunities.