Overview

• Yovanis Márquez, 35, was struck and gored by a bull during a corraleja in Fundación over the weekend and later died at a nearby hospital.
• Graphic video and eyewitness accounts show him briefly standing after impact before collapsing, underscoring the risks to participants.
• Organizers kept the festival running despite the fatal injury, highlighting the cultural resistance to suspending corralejas.
• Plataforma ALTO shared the footage on social media to renew demands for an immediate end to public bull-running events.
• Colombia’s 2024 bullfighting ban does not take full effect until 2027, leaving traditional corralejas legal but increasingly contested.