America The live, and brave, bulls of the cousin of Hernán Cortés (in the Mexico that now prohibits bullfights)
A federal judge ordered this Friday the indefinite suspension of bullfights in
Plaza México
, the largest in the world.
The sentence can be appealed.
"The definitive suspension is granted for the purposes specified in this resolution," says the ruling on the lawsuit filed by the civil association
Just Justice
against the regulations that allow bullfighting in
Mexico City
.
On May 27, the judge had already provisionally suspended the bullfights while he heard the arguments and evidence of the parties to make a substantive resolution.
In response, the capital bullring said that "it will defer the celebration of scheduled bullfights and bullfights" and that it "will continue with the legal defense" of what it called
"Mexican customs and traditions
. "
The next activity to be held at the venue, located in the
Benito Juárez sector
, was scheduled for July 2.
That day the first 'pamplonada'
in the capital would take place around the stage
, a Spanish tradition in which streets are closed and horns are released to deal with them.
The decision can still be challenged by the organizers of the shows, although the court could take several months to decide on those appeals.
Different civil organizations have promoted legal actions over the years to ban bullfights, a
500-year-old tradition in Mexico
, although they had not been successful.
Last December, the capital's Congress ruled in favor of banning the party, but a vote in plenary is still missing for the measure to become firm.
Meanwhile, the Legislature opened a dialogue with those involved.
Plaza México is the largest in the world, with
capacity for 50,000 spectators
, and has traditionally been a meeting place for public figures.
Proponents of the ban claim that the law treats bulls as "things" and ignores animal suffering.
Bullfighting, meanwhile, claim the tradition and economic value of the industry, which
in 2018 moved 343 million dollars, creating some 80,000 direct jobs and 146,000 indirect jobs
, according to the most recent official data available.
In Mexico, five of 32 states have banned bullfighting.
The debate is latent in Latin America.
In
Bogotá
and
Quito
it is forbidden to kill the bull in the ring, while
Venezuela
has canceled some bullfights and in
Peru
the justice system refused to ban them in 2020.
The other countries where bullfighting is allowed are
Spain, France, and Portugal
.
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