The delegation of the Government of the Junta de Andalucía in Jaén has proposed for sanction the bullfighters José Antonio Morante de la Puebla and José María Manzanares after being unjustifiably absent from the celebration on August 28 in Linares (Jaén), which ended up being resolved with Curro Díaz’s solitary confinement.
The delegation of the Government of Andalusia in Jaén has described the events as “serious” invoking article 15 of Law 10/1991 on Administrative Powers in matters of bullfighting and proposes a fine of 12,000 euros for both bullfighters, who would have 15 days skilled to make the allegations they consider pertinent. Section 1 of the aforementioned article considers a serious offense to be “unjustified absence, abandonment or being absent without authorization after starting and before finishing the announced bullfight, by bullfighting professionals, as well as manifestly illegal actions by them. ”. Next, article 18 of the same states that for serious infractions “the following sanctions may be imposed alternatively or cumulatively: a) Fine of 25,000 to 10,000,000 pesetas (150 to 60,000 euros); b) Suspension to deal with up to a maximum of six months; and c) Disqualification from taking part in bullfighting shows of any kind for a period of up to two years (in the cases referred to in articles 8.2 and 15.d).
The crews, representing their matadors, had refused to fight that afternoon’s bullfight, which was made up of five approved bulls from the announced ranch, that of Álvaro Núñez, and another three from Román Sorando, who boarded at the last minute to patch up the bullfight. the confinement after the veterinarians discarded some specimens presented. With eight suitable bulls, the celebration should have been held, but before the draw the teams demanded the fighting of a discarded specimen, number 10, arguing that it was no longer limping.
After some attempts at fighting, the groups decided to withdraw, giving up bullfighting, at the same time that the president of the celebration decided to pick up another bull, number 9, which had initially been discarded due to lack of cloth for the Linares bullring, second-rate administrative category.
The sanctioning file, to which Efe has had access, adds that some medical reports that Morante and Manzanares subsequently sent had been signed at noon on August 28 at the Fátima Hospital in Seville and at the Hiniesta Medical Center in the same city. “At no time did any of the parties present who represented the fighters state or state that said killers might be unwell, since the only thing they alleged was that in the face of these approved cattle, they had a direct order to leave the square and not fight the fight.” run”, according to the file.
The authority’s report indicates that after the decision to recover bull number 9, the groups of these bullfighters continued to express that they were not willing to face the bullfight, “definitively abandoning the celebration, at which time no medical or health reasons were presented that would justified said abandonment”, and that the optional reports were not received until 10:00 p.m.