The gunman who killed a Canadian tourist and wounded several other people at Mexico’s ancient pyramids on Monday reportedly bragged about sacrificing his victims, according to a video taken by one of his hostages. 

Julio César Jasso, 27, who was reportedly obsessed with Adolf Hitler, shouted as he pointed a gun at the terrified tourists atop the Pyramid of the Moon at Mexico’s Teotihuacan ruins, 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 said in a video taken by a filmed by a tourist.

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Jasso purportedly timed the shooting to coincide with the 27th anniversary of the Columbine High School shooting in Colorado, as well as 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.

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The Pyramid of the Moon and the Pyramid of the Sun are seen along with smaller structures lining the Avenue of the Dead in Teotihuacan, Mexico, on March 19, 2020. A gunman killed a Canadian tourist and injured several other before taking his own life at the popular site, authorities said Monday. (Rebecca Blackwell/AP)

Seven people were shot at the Teotihuacan complex, located just outside Mexico City. The ruins are one of Mexico’s most visited archaeological landmarks, drawing millions of international visitors each year to its towering pre-Hispanic structures.

In total, 13 people were injured. The nature of the other injures weren’t disclosed but some people fell when the shooting started, including some who were climbing on the pyramids.

Forensic experts carry the body of a victim down a pyramid after a gunman opened fire in Teotihuacan, Mexico, on April 20, 2026. (Eduardo Verdugo/AP)

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Among those taken to a hospital were six people from the United States, three from Colombia, one from Russia, one from Brazil, one from the Netherlands and one from Canada, the local government said. The youngest person who was hurt was 6; the oldest was 61, Mexican authorities said.

Jasso, who acted alone, shot and killed himself. Authorities later found a gun, a knife and ammunition at the scene. 

A left-wing lawfare group is trying to uncover records that might prove FBI Director Kash Patel engaged in behavior unfit for his role, such as «excessive drinking and unexplained absences.»

Democracy Forward, a group that supports left-wing policy positions in court on issues like DEI, immigration and abortion, sent a 16-page Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the Justice Department on Tuesday. It asks for documents, schedules and communications that seek to prove allegations made against Patel in a recent article published by The Atlantic.

The report suggests the FBI Director has a drinking problem, poses a national security risk and is at the helm of persistent management failures at the bureau — and it comes as lawmakers warn Patel ‘is next’ after three Trump cabinet secretaries exited the administration in recent weeks.

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«Kash Patel should be next,» Democrat House Whip Katherine Clark said after news broke of Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s exit Monday following a probe into her own alleged ethical lapses.

«Start the clock,» Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., added following the Atlantic’s report.

Fox News Digital reached out to the Justice Department, the FBI and representatives for Patel regarding the FOIA request, but did not hear back in time for publication.

Meanwhile, Patel filed earlier this week a $250 million defamation lawsuit against The Atlantic for its reporting on his alleged conduct.

Democratic Party leadership warning the FBI and DOJ about its duty to preserve all records related to alleged incidents involving Patel that could become subject to a potential congressional inquiry. Then came the FOIA filing.

«Democracy Forward Foundation seeks records that would help the public understand the issues raised in the Atlantic article as it relates to previous reporting on potential concerns surrounding Director Patel’s ability to run a key law enforcement agency and his use of taxpayer dollars,» the group’s letter to the Justice Department states.

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The group is interested in Patel’s calendars, schedule, text messages and other electronic communications between himself and his staff. Democracy Forward also specifically asks for any records reflecting «a request for or use of ‘breaching equipment’ that was made by or used by Director Kash Patel’s security detail.»

FBI nominee Kash Patel and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse are shown in separate images. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (left); Tasos Katopodis via Getty Images (right))

The request comes at a time when the DOJ is facing it’s own shake-up after Pam Bondi was ousted as Attorney General earlier this month.Todd Blanche, once Bondi’s deputy, is serving as Acting Attorney General.

When asked about Patel’s future as the top dog at the FBI, Republican strategist Mark Bednar, who has worked for former Speaker Kevin McCarthy and current Transportation Secretary and former Congressman Sean Duffy, was more supportive of his tenure, arguing the FBI has seen positive change since Patel took charge.

«In the years leading up to President Trump being elected to his second term, the American people had lost confidence in the FBI as an institution. Kash Patel is part of President Trump’s goal of revitalizing the agency and executing on the «Make America Safe Again» agenda,» Bednar told Fox News Digital.

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President Donald Trump speaks alongside FBI Director Kash Patel during a press conference in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 15, 2025. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

A separate GOP strategist who requested anonymity argued that if Patel leaves it won’t be because of The Atlantic hit piece.

«If Kash Patel goes down, it won’t be because of a damaging Atlantic story, which is a badge of honor in this Administration,» they told Fox News Digital. «It’s more likely because the President views him as becoming a liability during a time of war, as well as a desire to clean house in one fell swoop as the midterms approach.»

«There’s already blood in the water with the three ousted Cabinet picks, and knocking out one more gives the President a chance to head into November with a refreshed slate and the best team around him.»

Las autoridades iraníes ejecutaron en la madrugada del martes a Amir Ali Mirjafari, condenado a muerte por su participación en las protestas de enero y acusado de intentar incendiar la Gran Mezquita de Gholhak, en el norte de Teherán, así como de encabezar una célula vinculada al servicio de inteligencia israelí Mossad. Con él, el poder judicial iraní ha llevado a la horca a ocho personas en poco más de un mes por su papel en las manifestaciones que sacudieron el país a comienzos de año.

La agencia estatal Mizan, portavoz del poder judicial, informó que la sentencia fue ratificada por el Tribunal Supremo antes de su ejecución. Según la misma fuente, Mirjafari habría confesado haber participado en los disturbios del 8 y 9 de enero, haber dañado mobiliario urbano —cabinas telefónicas, autobuses— y haber prendido fuego a motocicletas con botellas de gasolina en varios puntos de Teherán. Sin embargo, el sitio especializado IranWire señaló una contradicción reveladora: en ningún pasaje de las propias confesiones atribuidas a Mirjafari por Mizan aparece mención alguna a la mezquita Gholhak, pese a que esa acusación figura como cargo central en el comunicado oficial.

La organización Iran Human Rights (IHR), con sede en Noruega, rechazó los cargos y advirtió que no dispone de información independiente sobre el caso ni sobre las circunstancias del arresto. “Al vincular sin fundamento su participación en las protestas de enero con Israel y Estados Unidos, la República Islámica continúa su estrategia de presentar la agitación civil interna como espionaje extranjero para acelerar las ejecuciones de manifestantes”, señaló la ONG en un comunicado. Amnistía Internacional, por su parte, lleva años documentando el uso sistemático de confesiones obtenidas bajo coacción o tortura en los tribunales iraníes, práctica que los grupos de derechos humanos consideran endémica en los procesos relacionados con la disidencia política.

Las protestas que desembocaron en esta oleada represiva comenzaron el 28 de diciembre de 2025, desencadenadas por un colapso abrupto de la moneda iraní en un contexto de inflación acelerada y deterioro de las condiciones de vida. Lo que empezó como una reacción a la crisis económica derivó en manifestaciones antigubernamentales de alcance nacional. Los días 8 y 9 de enero, las fuerzas de seguridad respondieron con fuego real; las autoridades iraníes admitieron más de 3.000 muertos, mientras que algunas ONGs hablan de más de 7.000 muertos.

Las ejecuciones vinculadas a los sucesos de enero se reactivaron el 19 de marzo, en aplicación de un procedimiento acelerado impulsado por el jefe del poder judicial, el ultraconservador Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei. Además de los ocho condenados por las protestas, la República Islámica ha ahorcado en las últimas semanas a ocho miembros de los Mujahedin del Pueblo (MEK), grupo opositor prohibido en Irán, todos ellos hombres. IHR advirtió que cientos de manifestantes enfrentan todavía cargos que conllevan la pena capital, con al menos 30 sentencias a muerte ya dictadas.

El caso de Mirjafari se inscribe en un patrón consolidado. Desde el levantamiento Mujer Vida Libertad de 2022, el régimen iraní ha incrementado de forma sostenida el uso de la pena de muerte como instrumento de control político. En 2025, Irán ejecutó a 1.639 personas, un 68% más que el año anterior y la cifra más alta desde 1989, según el informe conjunto de IHR y la organización francesa Ensemble contre la Peine de Mort (ECPM). El mismo informe documentó que en 2025 fueron ejecutadas al menos 48 mujeres, el número más elevado en más de dos décadas.

La presión internacional se intensificó el mismo martes. El presidente estadounidense Donald Trump pidió a Irán que liberara a ocho mujeres que, según afirmó, se enfrentan a la pena capital, en un mensaje que acompañó la difusión de una publicación de un activista proisraelí en la red social X. Entre los casos más documentados figura el de Bita Hemmati, condenada a muerte por lanzar bloques de hormigón desde un edificio sobre agentes de policía durante las protestas, según el Centro Abdorrahman Boroumand, con sede en Washington.

Con cada ejecución que añade un nuevo nombre a la lista, el poder judicial iraní consolida una maquinaria punitiva que los organismos internacionales ya no dudan en calificar de represión sistemática. La pregunta que sobrevuela Teherán no es si habrá más muertes en la horca, sino cuántas y en qué plazo.