Word: zit
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...sunny-and therefore cheap-side of the bull ring at Zitácuaro overflowed with boisterous aficionados. Noisiest of all was a group of hard-bitten charcoal makers from the Michoacán hills who had stoked up well with charanda (cane alcohol) and come to see the toreros kill six bulls. "Long live Michoacán and her sons of Pancho Villa!" they bellowed...
...first soldier, believing an order to fire had been given, also started shooting. Another fan crumpled. Nearby, a woman screamed: "Assassins! Cowards!" She fell with a bullet through her left eye. Before it was over, three persons were dead, eight wounded, dozens injured. The toreros, who had come to Zitácuaro to kill bulls, slipped off quietly to their hotel...
Next day, 12,000 people paraded through Zitácuaro's dusty streets, demanding punishment for the killings. The lieutenant and two soldiers were arrested; the Defense Ministry ordered them held pending a full investigation...