The consequences of Emilio de Justo's tremendous somersault in Santander: two fractures in the dorsal region

It was a miracle that the horn didn't pierce Emilio de Justo 's flesh at the Santander Fair, where he was born twice after suffering two nasty encounters with two bulls. There was no goring, but there were two severe fractures in the left dorsal region, one in the scapula and another, a non-displaced fracture of the fourth rib; in addition to a muscle injury in the shoulder blade region consistent with a partial tear of muscle fibers. These injuries will prevent him from attending his upcoming bullfights in Huelva and Azpeitia.

The scene with Cartuchero, who tried to rip his head off at Cuatro Caminos, was horrifying. "How badly he fell when he went for the kill: it wasn't just the somersault and the hard fall—in which the ghosts of Madrid roamed—but also the stamping of the hooves. As if to rip his head off. He got up like an eccehomo, his face bloodied and with a seven-centimeter wound in his scalp. He was a kilo short of reaching six hundred for Cartuchero, who didn't honor his leash: abrupt, with his hands in front of him, on the defensive, and, to top it all off, lying down... The seconds of the tremendous scene dragged on at the mercy of Cartuchero, whose ear he cut off amid cries of 'bullfighter, bullfighter!'" And he was the most bullfighter-like of all," we wrote in the ABC chronicle.

He once again brushed against tragedy when the fifth bull viciously crushed him in the galleo (cockfighting) with chicuelinas. Twice a bullfighter was born punished by the bulls.

For this reason, the Torrejoncillo matador will not be able to perform on the ring walk on July 31st at Las Colombinas or on August 2nd in Azpeitia. "The bullfighter is currently undergoing intensive rehabilitation sessions with physiotherapist Javier Alfonso, with the aim of speeding up his recovery so he can make his debut on August 9th in Pontevedra," they stated in a statement.