Overview
- At least two people were killed and 11 others injured when 21 fighting bulls were released into Huamantla’s streets during the weekend festival, with multiple survivors seen being gored, thrown or trampled in video that circulated online.
- Local reports identified one victim as 29‑year‑old Juan Manuel Filomeno Herrera and said a second man, 57‑year‑old Luis Xolocotzi Ramirez, died after transfer to a specialist hospital in the State of Mexico.
- Footage and eyewitness accounts show bystanders trying to help people pinned or tossed by the animals and a woman who was thrown and left bleeding but later able to flee, details that have driven urgent local coverage.
- Severely injured participants were airlifted or moved to specialist facilities, with some patients reported hospitalized and one spectator named in local media described as in stable condition after head and leg wounds.
- The Huamantlada is a decades‑old event modeled on Pamplona’s running of the bulls and these deaths, the first widely reported fatalities in years, have prompted public scrutiny while authorities have not announced changes to the festival schedule.