Court orders Bogota to end ban on bullfighting

Colombia’s constitutional court authorized the return of bullfighting toBogota, two years after Mayor Gustavo Petro banned the controversial activity.

Petro wouldn’t allow bullfighting in Colombia’s capital because “it would be against my principles.” Instead, his administration turned the Santa Maria bullring into an athletic and cultural space.

The anti-bullfighting policy of the leftist mayor provoked the hunger strike of eight bullfighters while local bullfighting associations put the case on trial.

After a close 5-4 vote, the Santa Marta bullfighting supporters won. The mayor declared on this twitter account “Because of one vote, cruelty will continue: having fun over animals’ death.”