Moment dad of two is fatally gored by rampaging bull in front of festival crowd

A fatal bull attack in Colombia has reignited debate over corralejas, a controversial tradition that allows the public into the arena. José Luis Molina Oliveros, 38, died after volunteering to participate in Corralejas at the Festival del Bocachico in Pijino del Carmen, northern Colombia, on July 18. Footage described as showing the bull charging and repeatedly ramming its horns, pinning him against a fence; he suffered multiple injuries, including a punctured lung and abdominal trauma. According to the Magdalena Department Health Secretariat, he died in an ambulance en route to Mompox in the neighboring Bolívar Department. The event has renewed discussion as legislation would end bullfighting in Colombia by July 2027, with stricter rules starting during a transition period.