Jerónimo Taracena Guijosa, president of the Federación Taurina de Guadalajara, was seriously injured during the Jandilla bull run in Pamplona. The goring happened at the junction of Estafeta and Telefónica streets, along the San Fermín encierro route. Runners move ahead of the bulls through the city toward the bullring. Estafeta is a narrow, crowded stretch, and Telefónica marks the final approach to the arena.
Taracena, 46, from Yunquera de Henares in Guadalajara, was running alongside the bull Castigado when he lost his footing and fell onto his back. As he raised his chest to check the positions of the other animals, he came face-to-face with another bull, Pañero, which gored him in the chest.
Medical teams responded immediately, and Taracena underwent emergency surgery. The medical report described a 10-centimetre wound in the left pectoral region, extending internally toward the acromion, the bony prominence at the top of the shoulder. The wound did not penetrate the pleural cavity or damage major blood vessels or nerves. The report also noted an injury to the pectoralis major muscle at its insertion in the middle third of the clavicle, with no communication with the pleural cavity. After surgery, his condition was classified as “less serious,” and he remained under observation in the thoracic-surgery ward.
The encierro is a basic event of San Fermín: bulls run through Pamplona’s streets before entering the arena, while participants try to run ahead of them. The route’s risks have long been part of its history. An El País report published in 1983 recalled the “domingo-negro” of 1980, when two people died during a Pamplona encierro.
Similar stories of personal adversity and recovery have appeared before, including Boris Izaguirre's account of overcoming trauma and violence, in this detailed feature on ability to recover in the face of injury. Such accounts show how unpredictable public events can be and why rapid medical intervention matters.
