Editing Cockfighting (section)

=== Mexico ===
[[File:Mexico cockfight (cropped).jpg|thumb|A cockfight in Mexico, ca. 1913]]
There are cockfight bans in the country's capital, [[Mexico City]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.m-x.com.mx/2015-04-29/prohiben-las-peleas-de-gallos-y-perros-en-el-df-pero-no-las-corridas-de-toros/ |title=Prohiben las peleas de gallos y perros en el df pero no las corridas de toros |access-date=2020-04-24 |archive-date=2020-09-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923114900/https://www.m-x.com.mx/2015-04-29/prohiben-las-peleas-de-gallos-y-perros-en-el-df-pero-no-las-corridas-de-toros/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> and in the states of [[Sonora]] and [[Coahuila]] since September 11, 2012, and in [[Veracruz]] since November 6, 2018.<ref>[http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2012/09/12/estados/032n1est Prohíbe Coahuila peleas de gallos y de otros animales (Coahuila prohibits fighting of roosters and other animals)]</ref>

Cockfighting is tolerated in the [[Mexican states]] of [[Michoacán]], [[Aguascalientes]], [[Jalisco]], [[Sinaloa]], and [[Veracruz]], mostly during regional fairs and other celebrations. Cockfights are performed in ''palenques'' (pits).<ref name="Ortega"/> Cockfighting remains legal in the municipality of [[Ixmiquilpan]] and throughout Mexico.<ref>[http://digg.com/video/tradition-cockfighting-mexico The Tradition of Cockfighting in Mexico], ''Digg''.</ref>

The two parties to the bird fights are traditionally distinguished by red and green, typically by wearing a [[scarf]] or badge hanging on the belt. Cockfighting may be combined with a musical show. Fairs and regional festivals of the country's municipalities are held in venues called "palenques" of roosters. These consist of a ring made of wood whose center is full of compacted earth for the best 'performance' of the roosters. In the center, a box 4 meters per side and lines that cross from center to center each side are marked with [[Lime (material)|lime]]. Finally, the last square, measuring 40&nbsp;cm on each side, is marked in the center of the arena, where the roosters are taken the third time they are released.