Career
They adopted two Colombian children, one boy and one girl. He began his bullfighting career in 1973 in Madrid, and had a notably successful year in 1986, where he was very successful in many bullrings. He retired from bullfighting in 1998, but donned the traje de luces bullfigher outfit again in 2001 to attempt a comeback, albeit with less success.
In 2007, Ortega Cano entered the bullring one final time in Olivenza.
He was a contestant on the Spanish version of Dancing with the Stars (Mira quién baila), where he showed no talent for dancing. On 29 May 2011 he was involved in a car accident which left the other driver dead and himself in critical condition.
After a slow recovery, he left the hospital on 11 July 2011. On 24 April 2013, First-instance criminal court Number.
6 of Seville sentenced Ortega Cano to two years, six months and one day in prison for reckless homicide and reckless driving, causing the death of Carlos Parra in the aforementioned accident.
He entered Zuera prison in Zaragoza on 23 April 2014.