About to be fulfilled 40 years since the deadly capture in Pozoblanco, The program Lazos de sangre dedicated its installment this Wednesday to the figure of Francisco Rivera ‘Paquirri’, the right-hander from Barbate who died in 1984 with full prestige in the bullring, as well as some sentimental experiences that made the covers of magazines during his most 20 years of professional career.
Paquirri, who received the alternative at the age of 18, He had a youth between the responsibilities of his risky profession and some personal experiences that made him a recurring character. in the magazines. In 1973 he married his first wife, who also arrived at the altar very young, Carmina Ordóñez, mother of his two oldest children. in the series Christ and King It is told how Paquirri was unfaithful to his young wife and among those loves was the star Bárbara Rey. In this fictional series the right-hander, played by a countryman, Jesús Castro, does not fare very well.
It also happened this Wednesday when an old girlfriend spoke (“friend”, the bullfighter’s sister, Teresa Rivera, defines over the years) who lived with the teacher in those first years of his professional career. The American Denise Boves, who has not been featured in programs or magazines until now, believes that Paquirri married Carmina Ordóñez out of economic interest. Money was the axis of Paquirrí’s life, according to Boves now reproaches, describing this love of youth as “mean”, always thinking about saving the pesetas. This desire to save and allocate money to her most personal interests made the relationship with Boves “unromantic,” according to this girlfriend, or good friend, who accompanied her testimony with dozens of photos confirming that relationship and How intimate that friendship was, at least.
Bove agrees with other women who were related to the Cádiz bullfighter by defining him as “jealous”, which did not make the relationship easy. She even details that between Paquirri and Paco Camino There was a confrontation in the defunct bullring of Cádiz when his companion from Camas had spent too much time chatting with Denis, Paquirri came to complain in a tense meeting.
This love of youth comes to bear in favor of the right-hander born in Zahara de los Atunes who was “very nice”, which compensated for his somewhat difficult behavior.
In the Blood Ties gathering, Denise Bove’s testimony was undervalued and, above all, she was questions his version that the right-hander had gotten married with Carmina Ordóñez out of interest.
