Teotihuacan it’s a extensive archaeological complex Mexican northeast of the Mexico City and, according to what was stated by the British television network BBCevery year more than two million people visit their pyramidsso these are considered one of the most tourist attractions important of the North American nation.
However, those who were at the famous archaeological site last Monday April 20 lived moments of tension and anguishbecause a young Mexican identified by the authorities as Julio César Jasso Ramírez opened fire at the scene, causing the death of one canadian tourist and left 13 other people injured.
Therefore, the tourist day that promised to be unforgettable for several foreigners ended up becoming a scene of much panic for dozens of visitors in the Teotihuacán area, who lived very distressing during the shooting at the archaeological complex, once a flourishing city precolumbian.
Such is the case of the witnesses to the shooting at the pyramid, who shared their stories with different media outlets in their respective countries, given that local authorities reported that citizens of Colombia, Canada, Russia and Mexico were seriously injured in the attack, the motive for which has not yet been identified.
Witness accounts of the shooting
The young Colombian of 24 years, Daniela Martinezwas interviewed by the network Blu Radio and narrated the distressing moments he experienced during the shooting that occurred on Monday, April 20 in Teotihuacán, since he was in a sightseeing tour next to his husband when the tranquility of the place was interrupted by a series of shots.
“Well, I’m fine now, a little more calm. It all started as a dream and ended in a nightmare“, expressed Daniela Martínez in dialogue with the Colombian station, which shows the emotional impact that the experience in the archaeological complex, very famous in Latin America by the Pyramid of the Moon and the Pyramid of the Sun.
“I headed to Mexico to do tourism for a dream I was in the place and I was with a group of tourists. We had already entered and were about to enter the Street of the Dead when the shots. We saw people run, cry and scream,” said the Colombian, who was near the road at the time of the emergency.
“We heard the first volley, but who would have thought that was what it was? The shots They could be heard far away and this caused us confusion; Perhaps, due to the location, the sound was lost. The detonations could not be heard, although we were near“, he added, after mentioning that the situation became critical when the guides confirmed what happened.
Pyramids and hostages
For the Mexican Laura Torres Cano, originally from Taxco de Alarcónthe incident surprised everyone inside the archaeological site: “I was entering Teotihuacán when I heard the first explosions. I thought they were fireworks, but then I realized they were gunshots,” the woman told the British television network. BBC.
“I went inside and saw the guy who was shooting from the top of the pyramid. He had people like hostages. Us we scare and we went down,” said the Spanish Edgar Pérez, 34, who recorded a group of tourists lying on the ground on the same platform where the aggressorbefore it was dejected.
“More than 20 shots were heard, first sporadic and then one after another. Shortly after, he let a girl down, but I thought he was going to hit her. shoot from behind; thanks to God “he let her go,” concluded a Canadian interviewed by the Mexican newspaper Millenniumafter criticizing the effectiveness of the security in tourist places.