Yovanis Márquez, 35, was taking part in a bullfighting festival – known as ‘corraleja’ – in the north of Coloimbia when he tried to summersault over the horned beast
A man was killed by a bull after he taunted the animal during an event over the weekend.
Yovanis Márquez, was part of a crowd at the ‘corraleja’ – a traditional bullfighting festival in the Caribbean region of Colombia. Shocking footage shows the topless 35-year-old running towards the killer beast with a number of other people participating in the deadly game.
He attempts to summersault over the bull but ends up being gored by it as the spectators can only watch on and scream in horror. It comes after a newlywed’s heartbreak as husband and baby daughter are killed during honeymoon.
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Yovanis is flipped in the air before being lashed around on the dusty ground by the horns of the bull. The clip then cuts to the victim stood up and holding his stomach as others rush to help he clearly stunned man.
He was rushed to an local hospital but had not vital signs and was pronounced dead upon arrival. An onlooker told Colombian newspaper El Tiempo that Yovanis initially appeared to be okay following his impalement.
They said: “He stood up as if he was fine, but the blood was flowing. It was only a few seconds before he fell to the ground.” Despite his death, the event, which was part of the patron festival and bans the killing of bulls, continued, reports the- known as ‘corraleja’. Corralejas remain controversial in the country with animal rights groups calling for an end to them.
Following Yovanis’s death, the Colombian Platform for Animals tweeted on Sunday: “This is the moment when a man identified as Yovani Romo was struck by a bull during the corralejas in Fundación, Magdalena.
“The man passed away yesterday after being gored by an injured bull, in an act of self-defence, amidst the “festivities” of the municipality. Last year, in Colombia, the “No More Olé” law, authored by Senator Esmeralda Hernández, was passed, through which bullfighting was banned throughout the country.
“It’s time to say as well: NO MORE CORRALEJAS! Yes to a ban, no to “regulations”. Last November, a man nicknamed ‘The Shadow’ died after he attempted to jump over a bull in front of shocked spectators at another festival in Columbia.
Brave spectators raced over to the man and pulled the body of Jhon Mario Puello Caballero away from the field in Bolivar once they realised what had happened.
However, they quickly dropped him to the ground as they had to run for their lives themselves from the agitated bull. The victim was eventually picked up as soon as people were able to get to him safely.