Printed on: Aug 12, 2025 07:49 pm IST
Throughout a bullfighting pageant in Colombia, 35-year-old Yovanis Marquez was fatally gored by a bull after taunting it.
A daunting clip captured a bullfighter being gored to loss of life in entrance of a terrified crowd in Colombia after he taunted the animal throughout a pageant.
35-year-old Yovanis Marquez was collaborating in Saturday’s bullfighting pageant within the small Colombian city of Fundacion when he was killed, with video capturing the second the bull’s horns despatched him flying into the air.
Within the “corraleja” or bullfighting pageant, he was seen making an attempt to leap over the bull however didn’t clear the bounce and obtained attacked a number of instances by the bull as spectators screamed. He was helped to his toes and led to security by onlookers, however he later died from his accidents, native media mentioned.
“He stood up as if he was superb, however the blood was flowing. It was only some seconds earlier than he fell to the bottom,” one eyewitness instructed media outlet El Tiempo. After being rushed to a close-by hospital, he was declared lifeless on arrival.
“The person handed away yesterday after being gored by an injured bull, in an act of self-defence, throughout the ‘festivities’ of the municipality,” mentioned Colombian animal rights group Plataforma ALTO, which shared video of the assault on social media.
Corralejas, a long-standing custom in components of Colombia, options bullfighters participating in daring challenges earlier than giant crowds.
Lately, nonetheless, these occasions have confronted rising criticism, with many viewing them as outdated spectacles that contain animal cruelty and endanger human lives.
Though Colombia’s parliament handed a regulation banning bullfighting final yr, the measure won’t be absolutely carried out till 2027.
