Thirteen injured during Bulls Festival in Mexico

Twenty-four bulls charged through the streets of Huamantla chasing after dozens of Mexicans and tourists racing to stay a few steps ahead of the clattering hooves and threatening horns. Thousands of people lined the streets as the bulls were let loose in a running of the bulls festival held since 1953 in Tlaxcala state, the cradle of Mexican bullfighting. Reports were sketchy on the number injured, but the final tally was 13 people. Despite the danger, many enjoyed the event and Antonio Hernandez noted the quality of the bulls was better this year. Tourists joined the local residents. Dutch tourist Leon Simons said he couldn't resist the dare. The festival has yet to achieve the status of Spain's San Fermin bull running, which was made famous by Ernest Hemingway's novel The Sun also Rises, a semi-autogiographical account of an alcohol-fueled visit to the event by a group of squabbling British and American friends in the 1920s.