Story By Marija Stojkoska /Newsflash
News Editor Ajda Ender /Newsflash
This is the shocking moment a bull charges a festival-goer taunting it in the street who fails to scramble to safety in time and is horrifically gored in the chest leaving him with an impaled lung.
Bull gores man during an event in Huamantlada, Tlaxcala, Mexico, Aug. 22, 2026. Note: Photo is a screenshot from a video. (Newsflash/NX)
The incident happened in the municipality of Huamantla, in the state of Tlaxcala, central Mexico, on 22nd August during the 72nd edition of the traditional event.
Bull gores man during an event in Huamantlada, Tlaxcala, Mexico, Aug. 22, 2026. Note: Photo is a screenshot from a video. (Newsflash/NX)
Footage shows the bull charging through the specially prepared street circuit as participants attempt to avoid the animal.
Bull gores man during an event in Huamantlada, Tlaxcala, Mexico, Aug. 22, 2026. Note: Photo is a screenshot from a video. (Newsflash/NX)
The massive bull cornered the 29-year-old participant against a wooden barrier, violently goring him before bystanders rushed in and dragged him to safety.
Bull gores man during an event in Huamantlada, Tlaxcala, Mexico, Aug. 22, 2026. Note: Photo is a screenshot from a video. (Newsflash/NX)
The man from Huamantla was later confirmed dead after suffering severe head trauma and serious injuries to his chest.
Rigoberto Zamudio Meneses, the head of Tlaxcala’s Health Secretariat, said the victim’s injuries included devastating damage to his left lung.
Zamudio said while giving the official medical report: “He suffered severe head trauma with chest trauma, and practically the entire left lung was torn.”
The death was the first of a participant at the Huamantlada in eight years, according to the health secretary.
Zamudio described this year’s event as a “very accident-filled day” and said it was the most accident-prone edition in recent years because of how quickly the incidents began.
He said: “At one minute and 30 seconds, we had the first injured person.
“So, it has been a very accident-filled day.”
The event began at around 10am, with 21 fighting bulls released for approximately an hour onto a circuit running through the central streets of Huamantla.
The animals weighed more than 400kg each, with some reaching up to around 520kg, and came from five ranches: Salitrillo, Rosas Viejas, San Pedro, El Vergel and Brito.
Thousands of spectators attended the event, with some watching from behind barriers while others entered the circuit and attempted to run alongside the bulls.
Nine people were hospitalised after suffering injuries during the event, including a 24-year-old American woman who lives in Puebla and was reported to be stable.
A 57-year-old participant was in a serious condition after suffering a skull fracture and a wound to his left thigh caused by a bull’s horn, with plans for him to be transferred for further specialist treatment.
Emergency teams initially treated 11 people with minor injuries who did not require hospitalisation, while another 10 were taken to the General Hospital of Huamantla, according to Zamudio’s report.
The health secretary also revealed that rescuers faced difficulties removing injured participants from the circuit because medical posts had been positioned far from the access points.
Zamudio said: “Unfortunately, the posts assigned to us were very far from where care was needed.”
He added: “It does not depend on us; it basically depends on the municipality, which sets the rules. Civil Protection assigned our command posts, so the extraction was complicated.”
Specialists in treating bull-related trauma were stationed at hospitals, while around 60 nurses were also deployed to reinforce the medical response.
The Huamantlada is held as part of Huamantla’s International Festival of Ephemeral Art and the Dahlia and attracts thousands of people to the town each year.
This year’s event ended with one death and nine hospitalised participants, making it one of the most serious editions in recent years.
(Marija Stojkoska/Newsflash)
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