Gunman at Mexican pyramid site threatened hostages with sacrifice, invoking location’s violent past

(SeaPRwire) –   A video captured by one of his hostages indicates that the gunman responsible for killing a Canadian tourist and injuring multiple others at Mexico’s ancient pyramids on Monday allegedly boasted about sacrificing his victims.

Julio César Jasso, a 27-year-old man said to be fixated on Adolf Hitler, yelled while aiming a gun at frightened tourists atop the Pyramid of the Moon at Mexico’s Teotihuacan ruins—located just outside Mexico City.

“Don’t move, or I’ll sacrifice you,” he said, the New York Post reported.

“This was built for sacrifices. Not for visiting and taking a f******, s***** photo,” he stated in a video filmed by a tourist.

Jasso is said to have scheduled the shooting to align with the 27th anniversary of the Columbine High School shooting in Colorado and Adolf Hitler’s birthday.

“See. I keep my word. Two f****** Koreans are dead there. I sacrificed them like dogs,” he said.

“You all, s***, who’ve come from f****** Europe, you’re not going back,” he continued.

At the Teotihuacan complex—just outside Mexico City—seven individuals were shot. The ruins are among Mexico’s most popular archaeological sites, attracting millions of global visitors annually to their imposing pre-Hispanic structures.

Overall, 13 people sustained injuries. The details of the other injuries were not revealed, but some individuals fell during the shooting—including those who were climbing the pyramids.

The local government reported that those transported to a hospital included six U.S. citizens, three from Colombia, one from Russia, one from Brazil, one from the Netherlands, and one from Canada. Mexican authorities noted that the youngest injured person was 6 years old, while the oldest was 61.

Jasso, who acted on his own, died by suicide via a self-inflicted gunshot. Law enforcement officials later discovered a gun, a knife, and ammunition at the scene.