Photos:: Bullfighting at Plaza de Toros Monumental de Tijuana

Eulalio Lopez, known as “El Zotoluco,” faces off with a bull at Plaza de Toros Monumental de Tijuana on Sunday, the first day of the bullfighting season.

Eulalio Lopez, “El Zotoluco,” guides a bull at Plaza de Toros Monumental in Tijuana.

A worker tries to remove a bull killed by Eulalio Lopez in Tijuana’s Plaza de Toros Monumental.

José Mauricio dances beside the bull during a fight at Plaza de Toros Monumental de Tijuana on Sunday.

José Mauricio gets on his knees and guides the bull around him.

José Mauricio smiles as he receives roses and gifts from the crowd.

A crowd watches a bullfight at Plaza de Toros Monumental. Part rodeo, part derby and part tailgate, the Tijuana bullfights are an amalgam of Mexican society in the borderlands.

Fans cheer for the matadors after a bullfight in Tijuana.

Pablo Hermoso de Mendoza celebrates after the bull goes down.

After claiming victory, Pablo Hermoso de Mendoza smells a flower thrown by a fan.

Everyone gets a turn to pay his respects to the dead bull before it is slaughtered and the meat distributed at Plaza de Toros Monumental de Tijuana.

A fan with his purchase -- the tail from a fallen bull in Tijuana. Baja Califiornia’s congress has repeatedly considered a ban on bullfighting, but has put off a final decision.

A man walks away from Plaza de Toros Monumental with a pair of bull horns on Sunday, the first day of the bullfighting season.