Overview

• The Espectacular Festejo Charro Taurino is scheduled for September 30 at La Monumental in Morelia with a lineup led by Emiliano Villafuerte “El Moso.”
• Mayor Alfonso Martínez said the city did not organize the event and will only suspend it if the judiciary cancels the permit, arguing that blocking it now would defy a federal mandate.
• Villafuerte holds a definitive suspension in an amparo case allowing his participation, and legal voices and the mayor note that this relief does not automatically cover other matadors.
• Animal-rights groups protested at the Centro Administrativo de Morelia, urging authorities to enforce the state’s bullfighting ban enacted in April.
• Animal-rights lawyers warn that if the corrida goes forward, the state environmental secretariat could fine each participant up to 4,000 UMAS under the animal welfare law.