Shooting at Teotihuacan! (Commemorating Columbine and Hitler?)

"From the article:"The crazed gunman who opened fire on tourists atop a pyramid at Mexico’s famous Teotihuacan ruins was a Hitler fanatic who posed for pics throwing Nazi salutes — and was found with an AI-generated photo of himself standing with the Columbine school shooters, according to local officials.

Julio César Jasso, 27, killed a Canadian tourist and shot several others before he took his own life at the archeological site near Mexico City on Monday — which was the 27th anniversary of the Columbine High School massacre and also Hitler’s birthday.

He left at the terror scene a bizarre AI-generated image of him posing with Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, the two friends who shot up the Colorado high school on April 20, 1999, killing 14 people and themselves, federal prosecutors told Mexican outlet Telediario.

"The Christian ministers who coddled young men who were enraptured by this sadistic movement need to think about what you allowed to germinate and grow."

 
From the English edition of the Spanish Newspaper El Pais.


Julio César Jasso Ramírez: The Teotihuacán shooter who celebrated the Columbine massacre and the fascist far right​

The attacker wounded seven other people with the weapon. Six more suffered bodily injuries and fractures in the heat of the clash. According to an initial report issued by a police commander in the State of Mexico, the shooter took his own life. However, other videos show members of the National Guard hunting him down. Deafening gunshots can be heard, suggesting the caliber of the rifles, followed by silence. Authorities have not clarified this point, nor have they addressed other crucial aspects of understanding a lone wolf attacking a crowd, randomly, with a firearm. It is impossible not to think of the mass shootings that are frequent in the United States, something to which Mexicans are not accustomed.

Very little is known about the killer, and even less about his motives, beyond hatred. It has only been revealed that he lived in the Gustavo A. Madero borough in northern Mexico City, according to identification found among his belongings near his body by investigators.

The newspaper Milenio has reported that the young man was an admirer of Hitler and even published photos of himself giving the Nazi salute. Despite the official silence surrounding the case, the profile of the victims — all foreigners — and certain details surrounding the attack offer clues. Some media outlets have drawn attention to the fact that the crime occurred on Hitler’s birthday. Another coincidence is the Columbine High School massacre in Colorado, USA, on April 20, 1999. Two students used assault rifles to kill 12 classmates and a teacher, and wounded 24 others. They then turned the weapons on themselves. The tragedy has become one of the most striking images of the gun violence epidemic and its devastating consequences in the United States.

Reference has also been made to the attacker’s t-shirt, which bore the slogan “Disconnect & Self-Destruct.” Milenio pointed out that this slogan is commonly used within the True Crime Community (TCC), to which the Columbine shooters were linked. While the Teotihuacán attacker’s connection to the TCC is not entirely clear, various organizations have warned of the proliferation of ideas associated with this diffuse group, particularly regarding “performative violence” or “nihilistic violence.” This characteristic is repeated in seemingly unrelated crimes in different countries, where the murder weapon can be a gun or a knife, where the victims are random people in a crowd, and where the common denominator is that the attacker is always male.

This unusual crime echoes the murder, just three weeks ago, of two high school teachers by a 15-year-old boy in Michoacán. This attacker used an AK-47 assault rifle. Moments before the attack, the boy recorded himself posing with the weapon in front of his mirror. In other separate posts on his social media, he shared messages that identify him with the “incel” community, a movement of men who profess hatred toward women and champion a wounded and resentful masculinity.

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