The collapse of one of the boxes in the bullring in the Colombian municipality of El Espinal, in the department of Tolima (center of Colombia), left at least four dead and dozens injured this Sunday, according to preliminary reports from local authorities. For his part, the president-elect Gustavo Petro He spoke out and asked that this type of show be prohibited.
The Governor of TolimaRicardo Orozco, assured the Blu Radio station that the tragedy has left four dead so far: two women, a man and a minor.
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“Deeply regretting what happened in our Gilberto Charry bullring, I want to ask the citizens who are in the bullring to please evacuate, the control agencies are already attending to the emergency and the injured have already been evacuated to hospitals,” wrote, for his part, the mayor of the spinal, Juan Carlos Tamayo.
“Among all of us, let’s help the relief agencies to do their job, we will carry out investigations into what happened”he added.
In the videos published on social networks, it is seen how during a corraleja -as popular bullfights are known in Colombia- a wooden stand that was packed with people collapsed, despite the fact that it did not look very solid.
The elected president of Colombia, Gustavo Petroassured on Twitter: “I hope that all the people affected by the collapse of the Plaza de The spinal They can come out of their wounds with flying colors.”
“This had already happened before in Sincelejo (capital of the Caribbean department of Sucre). I ask the mayors not to authorize more shows with the death of people or animals “expressed Petrowho will assume the Presidency on August 7 next.