Sheinbaum’s mañanera in 60 seconds 🔺 Teotihuacán shooting: Sheinbaum opened her press conference by expressing solidarity with the family of a 32-year-old Canadian woman killed by a gunman at the archaeological site on Monday. Thirteen others were hospitalized, including nationals from Colombia, Russia, Brazil, the Netherlands and the United States. 🔍 Lone-wolf, copycat profile: The attacker, identified as Julio César Jasso Ramírez, 27, killed himself after being shot by the National Guard. Authorities found material allegedly linked to the Columbine massacre and believe he planned the attack over multiple prior visits to the site. 🏛️ Security overhaul pledged: Sheinbaum noted archaeological sites have never had metal detectors “because situations like this had never occurred.” She announced stricter entry inspections going forward.
Teotihuacán will reopen on Wednesday. Why today’s mañanera matters The primary focus of President Sheinbaum’s Tuesday morning press conference was the shooting that occurred on Monday at the Teotihuacán archaeological site, a pre-Columbian city located around 50 kilometers northeast of Mexico City. A gunman killed a Canadian woman and wounded 7 other people — all foreigners — before turning the gun on himself.
The shooting at one of Mexico’s best-known tourism attractions made headlines around the world. Shooting at Teotihuacán leaves 2 dead, at least 6 wounded Sheinbaum stressed that such an attack was unprecedented at an archaeological site in Mexico. Nevertheless, a random shooting that claimed the life of one foreigner and left various others with injuries will no doubt inflict some damage on Mexico’s international reputation.
With the first match of the FIFA men’s World Cup in Mexico City less than two months away, the federal government will be working overtime to convince foreigners that Mexico is a safe place to visit. That work already ramped up after the violent response to the killing of cartel boss “El Mencho” in a military operation in February. The government response to this attack, including the planned beefing up of security at Teotihuacán and other archaeological sites, will be crucial to giving everyone — Mexicans and foreigners — the confidence to keep visiting Mexico’s numerous pre-Columbian architectural masterpieces.
Sheinbaum laments shooting at Teotihuacán At the very start of her press conference, Sheinbaum expressed the government’s “solidarity” with the relatives of the Canadian woman killed by a gunman at the Teotihuacán archaeological site on Monday, and with those injured. The government of México state — where Teotihuacán is located — reported on Monday night that 13 people were hospitalized due to injuries they sustained at the archaeological site. Seven of those people were shot, while the others sustained injuries due to falls.
Those injured are from Colombia, Canada, Russia, Brazil, the Netherlands and the United States. The youngest victim is a six-year-old Colombian boy, who was shot, while the oldest is a 61-year-old American woman, who also sustained a gunshot wound. The Canadian woman who was killed was 32.
Her identity had not been disclosed as of 9 a.m. Tuesday. The gunman, who killed himself at the scene of the crime, was identified as 27-year-old Julio César Jasso Ramírez.
México state Security Minister Cristóbal Castañeda said that Jasso was from Tlapa, Guerrero. In video footage, the attacker can be heard telling people who were with him on a platform of the Pyramid of the Moon that tourists who came to Mexico from “fucking Europe” won’t return. Castañeda: Gunman killed himself after he was shot in the leg by the GN Castañeda told Sheinbaum’s press conference that the gunman took his own life after he was shot in the leg by members of the National Guard, which responded to the attack perpetrated from the Pyramid of the Moon at Teotihuacán.
State and municipal police also responded to the shooting. The México state security minister said that authorities determined that the aggressor acted alone. He said that Jasso arrived at the site in an Uber vehicle.
Castañeda also said that authorities had located a hotel where the gunman stayed the night prior to committing the attack. He said that six of the seven people who were shot have been discharged from hospital. Gunman was allegedly inspired by 1999 Columbine massacre in US México state Attorney General José Luis Cervantes Martínez said that at the scene of the crime, authorities collected a pistol, a knife and 52 cartridges that the gunman hadn’t used. He said that authorities also seized the aggressor’s “tactical-style backpack” as well as a voter’s ID card, a cell phone, bus tickets, and “literature, images [and] manuscripts allegedly related to violent events … in the United States in April 1999.” The México state Attorney General José Luis Cervantes said that the attack was not “spontaneous,” explaining that authorities determined that the gunman visited Teotihuacán on “various