AMERICANALMANAC (Jack Newsome) - Two killed, 11 injured as bulls rampage through Mexican festival streets
Two men died and at least 11 others were injured Saturday after 21 fighting bulls were turned loose on crowded streets at an annual festival in Huamantla, Mexico, the first fatalities at the event in eight years. Juan Manuel Filomeno Herrera, 29, lost his balance during the chaos, fell to the ground, and was gored […] The post Two killed, 11 injured as bulls rampage through Mexican festival streets appeared first on American Almanac .
Two men died and at least 11 others were injured Saturday after 21 fighting bulls were turned loose on crowded streets at an annual festival in Huamantla, Mexico, the first fatalities at the event in eight years. Juan Manuel Filomeno Herrera, 29, lost his balance during the chaos, fell to the ground, and was gored by one of the bulls. He suffered fatal head and chest injuries. Luis Xolocotzi Ramirez, 57, was gored in the chest and sustained a fractured skull. An air ambulance rushed Ramirez to a hospital, where he died of his injuries, The Sun reported . The Huamantlada, a Mexican version of Spain's famous Running of the Bulls, draws crowds each year to the small city east of Mexico City. Organizers released all 21 fighting bulls into…Open