The body of a Canadian woman killed in the Teotihuacán shooting has been returned to her family
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The body of a Canadian tourist who was killed when a gunman opened fire from one of Mexico’s most visited towers has been returned to his family, Mexican officials said.
The Mexican state attorney general’s office said the woman’s family went to the district office this week in the municipality of Texcoco.
“There, after the completion of the necessary identification procedures, his body was returned to them,” said Wednesday in a Spanish email.
The woman, who has not been publicly identified by Mexican or Canadian officials, was the only person killed in Monday’s incident.
New witness video shows tourists hiding a gunman during a mass shooting at the Teotihuacán pyramids in Mexico. One Canadian woman was killed and 13 others were injured.
“Mexican law, including the General Law of Victims, prohibits the disclosure of personal data that allows the identification of victims of crime in order to guarantee their right to privacy,” the email said.
However, government officials in Mexico released the identities earlier this week of the tourists injured in the shooting, as well as the hospitals where they were treated.
The only Canadian among the 13 injured was identified Monday by Mexico’s Security Cabinet as 29-year-old Delicia Li de Yong. He was taken to hospital with a gunshot wound above his right shoulder.
Tourists from the United States, Colombia, Brazil and Russia were also injured, the youngest being a six-year-old Colombian boy.
Global Affairs Canada said Thursday that embassy officials are providing assistance to the family of the Canadian who was killed. “In accordance with the Privacy Act, no further information can be disclosed.”
Mexico’s Security Cabinet did not immediately respond to a request to identify the Canadian who was killed.
An attack was planned, officials said
Mexican officials said the gunman appeared to have planned an attack on the towers of Teotihuacán, played strange music, spewed hate speech at tourists and fired unceremoniously as tourists jumped and descended to safety.
The gunman was identified as Julio César Jasso Ramirez, a citizen of Mexico, who died at the scene from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
“This happened after the National Guard wounded him in the leg,” said José Luis Cervantes, the Attorney General of the state of Mexico, on Tuesday at a press conference in Spanish.
The Mexican government said the 27-year-old gunman had books and notes about an April 1999 gun attack in the US, referring to the Columbine High School shooting in Colorado that killed 12 students and teachers.
The attack on the Pyramid of the Moon highlights the need to prevent anyone from entering archaeological sites with a gun, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said at a press conference.
“It never happened,” he said. “We need to have regulations in place to prevent this from happening again.”
The towers of Teotihuacán, a UNESCO World Heritage Site north of Mexico City, are considered one of the most important tourist attractions in the country. The area attracted more than 1.8 million international visitors last year, government figures show.
