Overview
- Ricardo Ortiz, who was handling bulls in the corrals at La Malagueta on Friday, was fatally gored by an animal assigned to the Picassiana bullfight.
- Staff called Spain’s 112 emergency line and medical teams from 061 arrived and confirmed his death at the scene.
- The National Police Homicide unit opened an investigation and is treating the death as a workplace accident.
- The Picassiana corrida went ahead on Saturday with tributes that included a minute of silence, flags at half‑mast, black rosettes on the bulls, and a muted opening march.
- Ortiz, about 51, came from a noted Málaga bullfighting family, took his alternativa in 1994 in Quito, later confirmed in Madrid, and worked in the corrals after retiring from the ring.