Violence as soon as once more mourns the Mexico and this time it impacts the tourism sector. A shooting brought on one demise on Monday on the archaeological web site of the pyramids of Teotihuacán. Earlier than committing suicide, a person shot and killed a Canadian girl on this main vacationer spot within the nation.
4 different folks had been injured by firearms throughout the capturing, mentioned Cristobal Castañeda, the safety minister of the state of Mexico the place the pyramids are positioned. They’re two Colombians, a Russian and a Canadian.
A knife additionally discovered
One individual additionally suffered a fracture and one other a sprain, each following falls, mentioned public well being providers, which additionally handled one individual for an “anxiousness assault”. Two different folks had been injured following “falls”, the ministry mentioned.
Based on preliminary investigations, “it seems to be a direct assault,” added Cristobal Castañeda, refusing to present additional particulars or advance the motivations of the shooter. Federal authorities discovered “a firearm, a bladed weapon (knife) and ammunition” on the positioning, the place the police and the Nationwide Guard are mobilized, in accordance with a press launch from the federal safety cupboard.
Scenes of panic
Movies on social networks present the assailant firing intermittent pictures from a pistol, midway up the Pyramid of the Moon, the one one on the web site that may be climbed by guests, whereas some vacationers take cowl behind the steps beneath and others run away. “We’re being shot at, watch out, ship safety,” a voice says in one of many movies. “What occurred in the present day in Teotihuacán deeply saddens us,” Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum reacted on X.
Teotihuacán is about 50 kilometers from the capital, from the place excursions depart each day for home and international vacationers. With its Pyramids of the Solar and Moon and its Causeway of the Lifeless, Teotihuacán is crucial monument of the pre-Hispanic Basic interval, at its peak within the Valley of Mexico between the primary and seventh centuries. Between January and July 2025, these pyramids had been the second most visited archaeological web site within the nation, with virtually one million vacationers, behind that of Chichen Itza.
