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 ...

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 ...

Some bullfighting proponents said the law imperils an ancient tradition. By James Wagner Reporting from Mexico City In the biggest bullfighting city in the largest bullfighting country in the ...

Bullfighting in Mexico dates back to 1529 - the time of conquistador Hernan Cortes - in what is now Mexico City. In recent years, several other Latin American countries have banned bullfighting.

He last encountered a bull in late April in Aguascalientes, a state in central Mexico where bullfighting is considered a ...

Magazine and Reach PLC magazines. Hector Vivas/Getty Mexico City's Congress has voted to ban traditional bullfights. The ban on Tuesday, March 18, of what Congress calls "violent bullfights ...

In March 2025, Mexico City’s lawmakers voted 61-1 to ban traditional bullfighting, where bulls were harmed or killed. Instead, they introduced “bullfighting without violence.” This means ...

a state in central Mexico where bullfighting is considered a cultural heritage. Weeks before, though, Mexico City lawmakers banned violent bullfighting in the nation’s capital. While matadors ...

MEXICO CITY, March 18 (Reuters) - 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 ...