Bullfighting to return to Mexico City after legal battle

[Judi Lynn]

AFP|Update: 12.01.2024 03:39

Bullfighting will make a comeback in Mexico City this month after a legal tussle led to a more than one-year suspension at the world's largest bullring, organizers announced Thursday.

Mexico, and in particular the 50,000-capacity Plaza de Toros in the capital, has long been a bastion of bullfights.

But in June 2022, a judge ordered the indefinite suspension of the centuries-old practice in Mexico City, agreeing with animal rights activists who had filed suit.

Last month the Supreme Court revoked the decision, although according to Mexican media the judges only ruled on technical aspects and have yet to decide on the case's merits.

On January 28, matadors in Mexico City will resume the tradition brought by Spanish conquistadors five centuries ago, Plaza de Toros director Mario Zulaica announced at a news conference.

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Society continues to lurch backward.

[bahboo]

1. ugh....

[byronius]

2. Ugly humans need a lesson.

[róisín_dubh]

3. Gross.

I remember an Anthony Bourdain episode where he went to Puebla. He went to a bullfight, but walked out sort of horrified at the whole awful spectacle. And he wasn’t really one to get rattled…