Mari Fortes has been the most guts toreras has cast bullfighting. Born in Cuevas Bajas (Málaga), he debuted at a festival in Castellon Square, the city where he lived for several years. He was part of that troupe of bullfighters, under the name of '6 women, 6z, he toured half of Spain. Along with Mari Fortes Roca did paseíllo Maricruz, Rosarillo of Colombia, Alicia Thomas, The Algabeña and Maribel Atienzar.

Fortes goaded about 60 heifers without picadors and September 29, 1975 debuted in Velez-Malaga with the beaver to kill cattle Gallant. They alternated with her Andaluz rejoneador Knight and Novillero Jesus Marquez. The spaces Vistalegre (Madrid), Barcelona, Pamplona, Malaga and El Puerto de Santa María were found scenarios of its value. In the latter, in a night, he formed a mess to a bullock cut off both ears.

It was not all a bed of roses. Mari Fortes had that in addition to the logical difficulties to make their way in the profession, the consequences of their gender suffer. "Several colleagues, especially figurines, refused to goad me , " he recalls. His great success in Barcelona opened the doors of the spaces Balañá. After 59 torear chopped novilladas, he began to forge its alternative, at the fair in Jaén 1977 with a run of Marcos Nunez. Campuzano names, Miguel Ruiz and Galloso as godfather shuffled, but a knee injury scuppered all. He married in 1991 with his attorney, Gaspar Jimenez, and are parents of Veronica (23 years) and Saul (17 years), the winner of this year's contest bullfighting schools. Mari Fortes goaded the last celebration while pregnant with her daughter.