34 years ago, on July 8th during the political transition, there were serious riots in Pamplona and unfortunately with the death, at the hands of the police, of the local citizen Germán Rodríguez. The events occurred in the bullring after the running of the bulls. It is tradition that the peñas (popular local associations) go down into the ring so they will begin their particular tour around the city. Well, a group of people-in this context-unfurled a banner asking for "Amnesty".
Within the audience that hadn’t left the bullring arena were discrepancies: some he condemned it and others reinforce them by shouting: “Amnesty!”. In that precise moment, armed police entered the alley towards de bullring arena and start shouting with live ammunition. All those in the Bullfight Ring panicked, and obviously this panic spread to the streets ... San Fermin Festival was suspended. They celebrated bullfights and running of the bulls in September when San Fermin Chiquito takes place (San Fermin Chiquito is a kind of small version of San Fermin).
The images and pictures taken in the bullring while this horrible situation was taken place were banned and the files disappeared. But few years ago some of them were recovered by a french photographer.
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