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Cedarburg Couple Survives Deadly Shooting at Teotihuacan Pyramids in Mexico
Authorities said seven of the 13 injured were hit by gunfire, and the archaeological site was closed after the lone gunman died.
- On Monday, an armed man opened fire atop a Teotihuacan pyramid near Mexico City, killing one Canadian and injuring at least 13 tourists at the archeological site north of the capital.
- Authorities identified the lone gunman as 27-year-old Julio Cesar Jasso of Mexico, who died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound shortly after the attack.
- Victims ranged from 6 to 61 years old and included six Americans, three Colombians, two Brazilians, one Russian, and one Canadian, according to local government reports.
- Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Anita Anand expressed concern over the deaths, writing that a Canadian was killed and another wounded, while the National Institute of Anthropology and History closed the site indefinitely.
- More than 1.8 million annual visitors drew to the UNESCO World Heritage Site last year, though a local guide noted security scans, once standard, were discontinued in recent years.
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The U.S. government said on Tuesday that it is in contact and providing support to the six Americans injured in the shooting of the Teotihuacán pyramids, which took place outside Mexico City.The shooting on Monday, in which a Canadian tourist woman died and 13 foreigners were injured, was committed by Julio César Jasso, who later committed suicide, in what is the first such event in the Teotihuacán Archaeological Zone since its inauguration on O…
Washington, Apr 21 (EFE).- The U.S. government said on Tuesday that it is in contact and providing support to the wounded Americans in the shooting of the Teotihuacán pyramids outside Mexico City. According to the State Department, they are “giving assistance” to the injured. In the same statement, the authorities said that for reasons of privacy they could not issue more details about the state of the nation’s citizens. Mexico has confirmed tha…
Cedarburg couple survives deadly shooting at Teotihuacan Pyramids in Mexico
A Cedarburg couple is safely back home after surviving a deadly shooting at the Teotihuacan Pyramids in Mexico on Monday that left one person dead and at least 13 others injured.Jake Struck and his wife, Tami, were visiting the historic site. They had just finished taking photos at the top of the pyramid stairs and were filming their descent when the gunfire began."Then as I was filming her, you hear the gunshots, and then everybody starts runni…
By Anabella González, CNN en Español Thirteen are the foreign people who were injured to varying degrees during the gun attack on Monday morning in the busy archaeological area of Teotihuacán, in the State of Mexico. These are three Colombian citizens — including a minor — six Americans, a Russian man, a woman from the Netherlands, a Canadian woman and a minor woman from Brazil. They are all out of danger, said the Government of Mexico. A Canadi…
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