Overview
- Morante de la Puebla, 46, was gored by a 512kg bull named Clandestino at Seville’s Maestranza on Monday, suffering a 10cm wound that perforated the rectum and partly damaged sphincter muscles.
- Surgeons led by Dr. Octavio Mulet operated for more than two hours, repaired the rectal wall and sphincters, and left a suction drain before moving him from intensive care to a ward.
- His agent says he is “quite upbeat” as doctors keep him fasting with IV feeding to lower infection risk, with possible complications still under watch.
- Days later at the same ring, star matador Andrés Roca Rey was seriously gored in the thigh, sharpening immediate concerns about fighter safety at the Feria de Abril.
- The injury interrupted a widely watched comeback after a retirement tied to severe depression, drawing messages of support from leading regional politicians.