Mexican Authorities Return Body of Canadian Killed in Teotihuacan Shooting to Family

Mexican officials say the body of a Canadian tourist killed in a shooting at Teotihuacan Monday has been returned to her family.

The family received the body of the Canadian woman at the office of the Attorney General of Mexico in Texcoco de Mora, authorities said. She has not been publicly identified by Mexican or Canadian officials.

The return comes after a shooting at the Teotihuacan archaeological zone on April 20, when a gunman opened fire on tourists at the Pyramid of the Moon—the second-largest of the pyramids—around midday. The attack killed one woman and injured 13 others, including another Canadian, 29-year-old Delicia Li de Yong.

The shooter was identified as Mexican citizen Julio Cesar Jasso Ramirez.

In a video recorded during the incident, the shooter can be heard saying: “You who have come from [expletive] Europe are not going to return. If you move, I will sacrifice you.”

Following the incident, Minister of Foreign Affairs Anita Anand said: “As a result of a horrific act of gun violence, a Canadian was killed and another wounded in Teotihuacán, Mexico. My thoughts are with their family and loved ones, and Global Affairs consular officials are in touch to provide assistance. Thank you to my counterpart, Minister [Roberto Velasco Álvarez], for being in close contact and responding quickly to this situation.”

Mexico’s Secretariat of Security and Citizen Protection confirmed that Jasso Ramirez died at the scene from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, and said that a firearm, a bladed weapon, and cartridges were secured at the site.

In a follow-up issued later in the day of the shooting, the agency said eight of the injured remained hospitalized. Three were being treated at the IMSS Bienestar Regional High Specialty Hospital in Ixtapaluca, three more at the Axapusco Hospital in the State of Mexico, and two others at ABC Hospital in Mexico City. The remaining five injured people were treated and discharged from private hospitals, it said.

“The Executive Commission for Attention to Victims (CEAV) is present in hospitals to follow up on the needs of victims and their families,” it wrote. “The Government of Mexico is in contact with the families of the victims both inside and outside the country, and also with embassy representatives.”

In the 2024–2025 fiscal year, 1,463 Canadian deaths abroad were reported to Global Affairs Canada. Most of these deaths (994) were due to natural causes, while others resulted from accidents such as drowning or transport incidents.

Mexico recorded the highest number of Canadian deaths abroad during that period, at 208, followed by Thailand and the United States, which each recorded 116 deaths.

The Canadian Press contributed to this report.