Overview
- Emergency services said a 51-year-old worker died after a fighting bull gored him during unloading at Málaga’s Plaza de La Malagueta.
- The organizer identified him as former matador Ricardo Ortiz, who left the ring more than 20 years ago but still helped care for the animals.
- The organizer said the Picasso-themed Corrida Picassiana would proceed the next evening after police and medics confirmed the death.
- Reports noted the bulls can weigh up to 600 kilograms, a factor that makes transport and unloading especially dangerous.
- Spain still stages about 1,000 to 1,500 large bullfights each year even as audiences decline and activists push to curtail the practice.