Mexico City (Mexico), 22 April (LaPresse/AP) – The Mexican government has announced that it will step up security at tourist sites after a man opened fire on tourists at the pyramids in Teotihuacan, on the outskirts of Mexico City, and less than two months before the start of the World Cup. Mexican Security Secretary Omar García Harfuch announced that security forces had been ordered to “immediately step up security” at archaeological sites and major tourist destinations across the country. He assured that the government would increase the presence of the Mexican National Guard, step up security checks at key sites and enhance surveillance systems to “identify and prevent any threat” against citizens and visitors. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum acknowledged that the archaeological site lacked sufficient security measures to prevent the attack, partly, she said, because the shooting “was an isolated incident” that had never occurred before in a public space of that kind. She noted that the shooter appeared to have been motivated by “external influences”, specifically the 1999 Columbine massacre in Colorado. “Our duty as a government is to take the appropriate measures to ensure that a situation like this does not happen again. But clearly, we all know – Mexicans know – that this is something that had never happened before,” added Sheinbaum.
Mexico: Security stepped up at tourist sites following a shooting in Teotihuacan
Mexico City (Mexico), 22 April (LaPresse/AP) – The Mexican government has announced that it will step up security at tourist sites after a man opened fire on tourists at the pyramids in Teotihuacan, on the outskirts of Mexico City, and less than two months before the start of the World Cup. Mexican Security Secretary Omar García Harfuch announced that security forces had been ordered to “immediately step up security” at archaeological sites and major tourist destinations across the country. He assured that the government would increase the presence of the Mexican National Guard, step up security checks at key sites and enhance surveillance systems to “identify and prevent any threat” against citizens and visitors. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum acknowledged that the archaeological site lacked sufficient security measures to prevent the attack, partly, she said, because the shooting “was an isolated incident” that had never occurred before in a public space of that kind. She noted that the shooter appeared to have been motivated by “external influences”, specifically the 1999 Columbine massacre in Colorado. “Our duty as a government is to take the appropriate measures to ensure that a situation like this does not happen again. But clearly, we all know – Mexicans know – that this is something that had never happened before,” added Sheinbaum.
