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Shooting at Mexico pyramids that killed Canadian tourist was planned: officials

  • The Canadian Press

  • Canadian Press

  • April 21, 2026

Forensic workers remove a victim's body from a pyramid after authorities said a gunman opened fire in Teotihuacan, Mexico, Monday, April 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

MEXICO CITY -- The Mexican government says the shooting at an iconic pyramids site that killed a Canadian tourist was planned.

Jose Luis Cervantes Martinez, the attorney general of the state of Mexico, says the gunman carried a tactical-style backpack and had literature related to the deadly 1999 Columbine High School shooting in the U.S.

He says the gunman, identified as 27-year-old Julio Cesar Jasso Ramirez of Guerrero, Mexico, acted alone Monday as he rained bullets down on tourists.

The shooting at the Teotihuacan pyramids north of Mexico City injured at least 13 people, including a 29-year-old Canadian woman and a six-year-old boy from Columbia.

Authorities say the gunman shot and killed himself.

Martinez says security was being increased at archeological sites and other tourist destinations.

This report by was first published April 21, 2026.

-- With files from The Associated Press