{"id":617387,"date":"2026-04-20T21:47:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T21:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/617387\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T21:47:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T21:47:09","slug":"canadian-woman-shot-dead-in-mexico-authorities-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/617387\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian woman shot dead in Mexico, authorities say"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A gunman killed a Canadian \u200cwoman and wounded four other people \u2014 including a second Canadian \u2014 at the Teotihuacan pyramids outside Mexico City on Monday before killing himself, authorities \u200bsaid, jolting one of the \u200bcountry’s most visited tourist sites.<\/p>\n

Local media footage appeared to show an armed man \u200bshooting from atop one of the pyramids. \u2060Further details were \u2060scarce.<\/p>\n

Canada’s foreign affairs minister, Anita Anand, said in a statement that another Canadian was wounded on Monday, in addition to the Canadian who died.<\/p>\n

“My thoughts are with their family and loved ones, and Global Affairs consular officials are in touch to provide assistance,” said Anand, in a statement posted to X<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum \u200csaid in a post on social media she was in contact with the Canadian Embassy.<\/p>\n

In a statement posted to X<\/a>, Sheinbaum also said she was closely following the situation and that updates would be provided by the security cabinet.<\/p>\n

“What happened today in Teotihuac\u00e1n deeply pains us. I express my most sincere solidarity with the affected individuals and their families,” she said in the statement.<\/p>\n

\"APolice officers are seen at the Pyramid of the Moon in Mexico’s Teotihuacan archaeological zone, following a shooting on Monday that killed a Canadian. (Valentina Alpide\/AFP\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Mexico is preparing to co-host the 2026 FIFA World Cup alongside \u200bthe United States and Canada, an event expected to draw \u2060millions of visitors from abroad with scrutiny \u2060focused on security at major tourist and cultural \u2060sites.<\/p>\n

The \u2060pre-Hispanic city of \u200bTeotihuacan was one of the most important cultural centres \u200bin Mesoamerica, \u2060and today remains one of Mexico’s most popular tourist sites, receiving 1.8 million visitors last year. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 2 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":617388,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-617387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=617387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617387\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/617388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=617387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=617387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=617387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}