# Animal Rights Groups Secure Partial Ban on Bullfights in Three Yucatan Towns

Courts provisionally suspend bullfights in Sotuta, Ucú, and Cansahcab but allow them to continue under strict animal welfare conditions.

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On an unspecified date in 2026, courts issued provisional resolutions suspending bullfights in the traditional festivals of Sotuta, Ucú, and Cansahcab in Yucatán, Mexico. [^1]

Animal rights organizations Animal Héroes and PETA Latino obtained a provisional judicial suspension of bullfights in the traditional festivities of Sotuta, Ucú, and Cansahcab in Yucatan, Mexico. [^2]

Judicial resolutions allowed the continuation of bullfighting events in the affected communities because courts consider them a tradition, despite the provisional suspension. [^3]

The organizations Animal Héroes and PETA Latino filed legal resources to obtain the suspension of bullfights in Tixkokob, Temozón, Muna, and Seyé in addition to the three municipalities where the suspension was granted. [^4]

The use of swords, estoque, banderillas, rejones, puyas, or any equivalent instrument that could cause bleeding, pain, or undue stress to animals is prohibited under the new conditions. [^5]

In addition to Sotuta, Ucú, and Cansahcab, the associations Animal Héroes and PETA Latino have obtained amparos against bullfights in Tixkokob, Temozón, Muna, and Seyé. [^6]

The judicial resolution conditions the realization of the bullfighting events on the guarantee that no suffering or physical abuse is inflicted on the bulls or any other animals in the events. [^7]

## What this stands on

1. On an unspecified date in 2026, courts issued provisional resolutions suspending bullfights in the traditional festivals of Sotuta, Ucú, and Cansahcab in Yucatán, Mexico. (El Universal, News)
2. Animal rights organizations Animal Héroes and PETA Latino obtained a provisional judicial suspension of bullfights in the traditional festivities of Sotuta, Ucú, and Cansahcab in Yucatan, Mexico. (Diario de Yucatán, News)
3. Judicial resolutions allowed the continuation of bullfighting events in the affected communities because courts consider them a tradition, despite the provisional suspension. (El Universal, News)
4. The organizations Animal Héroes and PETA Latino filed legal resources to obtain the suspension of bullfights in Tixkokob, Temozón, Muna, and Seyé in addition to the three municipalities where the suspension was granted. (El Universal, News)
5. The use of swords, estoque, banderillas, rejones, puyas, or any equivalent instrument that could cause bleeding, pain, or undue stress to animals is prohibited under the new conditions. (El Universal, News)
6. In addition to Sotuta, Ucú, and Cansahcab, the associations Animal Héroes and PETA Latino have obtained amparos against bullfights in Tixkokob, Temozón, Muna, and Seyé. (Diario de Yucatán, News)
7. The judicial resolution conditions the realization of the bullfighting events on the guarantee that no suffering or physical abuse is inflicted on the bulls or any other animals in the events. (Diario de Yucatán, News)

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