{"id":409768,"date":"2026-04-21T09:28:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T09:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/409768\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T09:28:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T09:28:09","slug":"canadian-tourist-killed-in-mexico-pyramid-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/409768\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian tourist killed in Mexico pyramid shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Canadian tourist was killed and six other people were wounded when a man opened fire at Mexico’s Teotihuacan archaeological site, authorities said.<\/p>\n

The gunman died by suicide after opening fire at the heavily visited destination in central Mexico, home to pre-Aztecan pyramids, according to a security official.<\/p>\n

The shooting occurred on the Pyramid of the Moon, a 45m high monument visitors are allowed to climb using steep steps carved of volcanic rock.<\/p>\n

Six people were wounded by gunfire and taken to local hospitals, including a Canadian woman, a Colombian woman and child, a Brazilian and two Americans.<\/p>\n

Seven other people were injured in the scramble for safety and were treated at the scene after the gunman – identified as Julio Cesar Jasso Ramirez of Mexico – opened fire.<\/p>\n

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\nRed Cross personnel carry the body of the Canadian tourist down the pyramid<\/p>\n

The shooting stunned tourists at one of Mexico’s most visited pre-Hispanic sites, less than two months before the 2026 World Cup kicks off with games in Mexico, the United States and Canada.<\/p>\n

State authorities at the scene seized a firearm, a knife and unused ammunition and evacuated tourists from the premises.<\/p>\n

More than 2,000 years old, the pyramid city near Mexico City attracted over 1.8 million visitors in 2025, tourism officials said.<\/p>\n

Canadian Foreign Minister Anita Anand in a post on X called the attack “a horrific act of gun violence.”<\/p>\n

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum called for a thorough investigation, and said she sent personnel to the site to provide assistance.<\/p>\n

“What happened today in Teotihuacan deeply pains us,” Ms Sheinbaum posted on X.<\/p>\n

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\nTeotihuacan archaeological site is a popular destination for tourists<\/p>\n

Located about 50km from the capital Mexico City, Teotihuacan draws domestic and foreign tourists to see its pyramids and its Avenue of the Dead.<\/p>\n

Federal security officials said police and the national guard were dispatched to the area following the attack.<\/p>\n

Videos on social media showed the gunman firing periodic shots from a pistol about halfway up the Pyramid of the Moon while some tourists took cover behind stairs below and others fled.<\/p>\n

“A person is opening fire on us, take care friends, send security,” a voice from one video, which AFP has not verified, can be heard saying.<\/p>\n

Other videos show authorities examining the pyramid in a complex cordoned off with crime-scene tape.<\/p>\n

Designated as a World Heritage site of “outstanding universal value” by the United Nations, the monuments at Teotihuacan were built in the pre-Hispanic Classic period – a golden age of Mesoamerican history – between the first and seventh centuries.<\/p>\n

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\nPolice are seen at the entrance of the archaeological site following the shooting<\/p>\n

Mexico’s nearly 200 archaeological sites are popular with tourists, and although accidents have been reported, this is the first reported case of armed violence in decades.<\/p>\n

While Mexico continues to struggle with frequent drug gang-related violence, untargeted mass shootings are relatively rare.<\/p>\n

Mexico expects over 5.5 million visitors for the World Cup in June.<\/p>\n

American tourist Anna Durmont said she was walking towards the pyramid when she was startled by the sight of emergency vehicles and police.<\/p>\n

“It actually felt extremely calm,” Ms Durmont said, explaining she had not heard gunfire.<\/p>\n

“It was very measured. The park is full of souvenir sellers and they hadn’t left. It wasn’t clear to us until we got closer that there was a serious emergency,” she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Canadian tourist was killed and six other people were wounded when a man opened fire at Mexico’s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":409769,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-409768","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\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409768","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=409768"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/409768\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/409769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=409768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=409768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=409768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}