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 News Around the Republic of Mexico | January 2006 
Flying Bull Injures Seven at Mexican Stadium
 Radio New Zealand
| | A thousand pound bull named Pajarito 'Little Birdy' jumps into the stands during a Mexico City bullfight, in Mexico City, Sunday, Jan. 29, 2006, injuring several spectators before it was killed. The bullfight resumed 30 minutes after the incident, which occurred during the second fight of the day during one of Mexico City's most popular weekend sporting events. (AP/Pedro Mera) |
A half-ton bull named "Little Bird" leapt into a packed crowd of bullfight fans and injured seven in a panicked frenzy in Mexico on Sunday.
Television images from the bullfight showed terrified spectators scattering as the 503-kg beast jumped over the heads of journalists and crashed into the most expensive seats at the Mexico City ring.
The rampaging bull - whose name "Pajarito," means "Little Bird" in English - gored a woman, who is hospitalized with a 15-cm gash in her chest.
Several other people were also injured before a bullfighter stabbed the animal to death with his sword.
Mexico City's bullring was built 60 years ago and is one of the biggest in the world - holding 48,000 spectators. Little Bird was the first bull in the ring's history to jump into the crowd.
Mexican Police Arrest Four Illegal Iraqis
Associated Press
Mexico City - Mexican federal agents have arrested four Iraqis trying to sneak into the United States without proper documents, the government said Monday.
Wasim Francis Schamoun and Ivan Yalda, both 23, and Refon Chlil Oraha and Thaer Salem Yelda, both 27, were found on a bus in the northern city of Navajoa after police received an anonymous tip, the attorney general's office said in a statement.
The Iraqis were in Mexico illegally, the statement said.
Officials on Monday said they were investigating the background of the four and trying to determine how they got into Mexico. The four have family names that are common among Iraq's minority Christian community.
Many undocumented Iraqi nationals have been captured in Mexico en route to the U.S. border. None has been found to have had any links to terrorism. |
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