Plaza de toros El Progreso disaster

20°40′36″N 103°20′19″W / 20.67667°N 103.33861°W / 20.67667; -103.33861CauseCrowd collisionParticipantsFans of several Mexican singers and musiciansDeaths19Non-fatal injuries35

The Plaza de toros El Progreso disaster was a crowd collision tragedy that occurred about 8:30 p.m. on 31 January 1965 when in the tunnel and crew ramp of the venue, through which the people who had enjoyed the evening show of Mexican popular music were coming out and at the same time the public who would attend the night show were trying to enter.^[1]

The two crowds collided with each other, and as a consequence people were run over, causing some of them to be crushed, as others ran over them. The result was 19 people dead, and 35 injured.

Two shows had been scheduled for that Sunday, one in the evening at 5:00 p.m., and the second at night, at 8:30 p.m., to be performed at the Plaza de toros El Progreso. The announced artists were: the Hermanos Martínez Gil [es], La Rondalla Tapatía, Linda Vera, Los Dos Reales; a singer-songwriter and guitarist from El Salto, Mike Laure [es]; Malú Reyes, Hermanas Huerta, Adolfo Garza, Pily Gaos, Mariachi Los Halcones, etcetera.^[2]

References

^ "19 muertos y 35 heridos en la Plaza El Progreso (19 dead and 35 injured in Plaza El Progreso). Please go to the digital newspaper library of El Informador; once there, please look for the orange words "Navegación Directa", tap/click on them, then click on a square, left of "No Soy Un Robot", get approved at the Captcha challenge-response, and look for the date Año (Year) → 1965 █ Mes (Month) → 02 █ Día (Day) → 01, choose page 1, seek an orange rectangle which reads: "Ver PDF" (See PDF), and click/tap on it". El Informador (in Spanish). 1 February 1965. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
^ "Estos son los artistas que recibirán hoy el Disco de Plata Discorama (These are the artists who will receive the Discorama Silver Record today). Please go to the digital newspaper library of El Informador; once there, please look for the orange words "Navegación Directa", tap/click on them, then click on a square, left of "No Soy Un Robot", get approved at the Captcha challenge-response, and look for the date Año (Year) → 1965 █ Mes (Month) → 01 █ Día (Day) → 31, choose page 15, seek an orange rectangle which reads: "Ver PDF" (See PDF), click/tap on it, and scroll down to the very bottom of page 15, where you will be able to see an advertisement". El Informador, bottom part of p. 15 (in Spanish). 31 January 1965. Retrieved 5 December 2022.