Text and photos by David Polo
Close the doors! The scream resounds throughout the room. Men and women squeeze around the improvised arena and in the irregular light of some light bulbs: two fighting cocks engage in a duel to the death. Feathers fly through the air, the ground is stained with blood, and there are shouts of joy or sighs of disappointment. It has won the match the first rooster of the night, after killing his opponent with a sharp blade tied to his leg. They are cockfights, a dark tradition that takes place in some remote corners of Mexico.
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