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Americo Cunia of Tercel, right, helps dress 20-year-old John Azevedo of Turlock before participating in the bullfight. They are members of the "suicide squad," a group of men who face the bull at the end of a fight to bring him to submission and lead him outside with a pacifying group of female cows. The bullfights are bloodless.

Sacramento Bee / Autumn Cruz