Overview
- Five men who called themselves La Manada sexually assaulted a young woman during the first night of the Sanfermines in Pamplona and recorded the attack while stealing her phone.
- A first court ruling treated the episode as lesser abuse and used the word 'jolgorio', which provoked mass street protests and the slogans 'no es abuso, es violación' and 'hermana, yo sí te creo'.
- The Supreme Court reversed that initial framing in 2019 by classifying the acts as sexual aggression, a decision that raised sentences and shifted judicial practice.
- Lawmakers followed with the 2022 Law of Guarantee of Sexual Freedom that centers consent in prosecutions and tightened penalties for sexual violence.
- On the tenth anniversary commentators say the case changed public debate and legal tools but note there is unfinished work, citing higher rates of violence among younger women and mixed attitudes on feminism among young men.