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  2. Bullfighting - Wikipedia

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    Bullfighting has been banned in 5 of the 31 states of Mexico: Sonora in 2013, Guerrero in 2014, Coahuila in 2015, [139] Quintana Roo in 2019, [140] and Sinaloa in 2022. [141] It was also banned "indefinitely" in Mexico City in 2022, [142] but resumed on 29 January 2024 after a series of legal challenges. [143]

  3. Carlos Arruza - Wikipedia

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    Arruza retired to a ranch outside Mexico City in 1953, but made a comeback as a rejoneador, fighting bulls from horseback. He appeared in two Mexican films about bullfighting, and had a part in the 1960 John Wayne film The Alamo. He was the subject of the 1971 documentary Arruza, directed by Budd Boetticher.

  4. Spaniards in Mexico - Wikipedia

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    Bullfighting arrived in Mexico with the first Spaniards. Records are found of the first bullfights debuted in Mexico on June 26, 1526, with a bullfight in Mexico City held in honor of explorer Hernán Cortés, who had just come back from Honduras (then known as Las Hibueras). From that point on, bullfights were staged all over Mexico as part of ...

  5. Julián López Escobar - Wikipedia

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    After years of studying, he moved to Mexico to perform in bullfights, as Spain required novilleros (junior matador) to be of at least 16 years of age. On March 16, 1997, at the age of 14, López Escobar made his bullfighting debut in Texcoco, Mexico. He finished with a standing ovation and received two bulls' ears.

  6. Plaza Nuevo Progreso - Wikipedia

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    The Plaza de toros Nuevo Progreso [1] is a bullring in the Mexican city of Guadalajara, Jalisco. It is currently used for bull fighting and also for hosting musical events, and professional wrestling events. [2] The bullring holds 16,561 people [3] and was built in 1966 to 1967.

  7. Bullfight advocates working with young people to attract new ...

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    The event was part of an initiative by the Mexican Association of Bullfighting to attract new followers for the centries-old tradition. ... a town in the State of Mexico near Mexico City, attended ...

  8. Joaquín Rodríguez Ortega - Wikipedia

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    Joaquín Rodríguez Ortega (Spanish: [xoaˈkin roðˈɾiɣeθ oɾˈteɣa]; 17 February 1903 – 1 January 1984), [4] professionally known as Cagancho (Spanish: [kaˈɣantʃo]), was a Spanish bullfighter much of whose career was spent in Mexico, although he did sometimes perform in his native Spain, and one of his performances there, in Almagro, Ciudad Real in 1927 even gave rise to a now well ...

  9. Bullfighting resumes in Mexico City before a full crowd while ...

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    With protesters outside a full arena, bullfights resumed in Mexico City on Sunday after the country’s highest court temporarily revoked a local ruling that sided with animal rights defenders and ...