MEXICO CITY — Mexico City lawmakers on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to ban violent bullfighting, triggering outrage from aficionados and celebration from animal rights advocates. The legislation, ...

A bull and a bullfighter in San Juan del Rio near Mexico City, Mexico in 2022 ...

Mexico City’s local congress on Tuesday passed a measure aiming to make bullfights much less harmful to bulls and matadors, a move applauded by animal rights activists but sharply criticized by ...

MEXICO CITY — In the biggest bullfighting city in the largest bullfighting country in the world, Mexico City lawmakers overwhelmingly voted on Tuesday to ban traditional bullfighting — a move ...

Mexico City lawmakers on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to ban violent bullfighting, triggering outrage from aficionados and celebration from animal rights advocates. The legislation, approved by a ...

The initiative, which was promoted by the capital city's mayor Clara Brugada, aims to move toward "violence-free" bullfighting events. Mexico City cannot allow "cruelty as a spectacle, much less ...

Mexico City is home to the world's biggest bullring, the Plaza de Toros, which has a capacity of more than 40,000 people AFP Legislators in Mexico City, home to the world's largest bullring, voted ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Mexico City lawmakers on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to ban violent bullfighting, triggering outrage from ...

Mexico City (AFP) – Legislators in Mexico City, home to the world's largest bullring, voted Tuesday to ban bullfights where the animals are killed or wounded, as opponents and supporters staged ...

Activists have hailed the ban as a success for animal rights, but bullfighting fans say it threatens an important centuries-old tradition. Lawmakers in Mexico City have voted to ban violent ...