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Mexico pyramid shooter was Hitler fanatic who left AI pic of him posing with Columbine school shooters

Nypost · 🇷🇺 public Russia · · 448 words · By Zoe Hussain; Patrick Reilly
Mass Shooting Glorification Public Safety/Terrorism Ideological Extremism
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Mexico pyramid shooter was Hitler fanatic who left AI pic of him posing with Columbine school shooters 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…

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Topics 3

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What happened

Mexico pyramid shooter was Hitler fanatic who left AI pic of him posing with Columbine school shooters 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…

Why it matters

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

Common ground

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…

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 15 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “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”
CORROBORATED
Multiple independent sources, including a Wikipedia entry for the '2026 Teotihuacan shooting', Milenio, and Google News, confirm the shooter was a Hitler fanatic who posed with Nazi salutes.
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web search NEUTRAL — On 20 April 2026, a mass shooting occurred at the Teotihuacan archaeological site in the State of Mexico, Mexico. Julio César Jasso Ramírez, 27, opened fire from atop the Pyramid of the Moon, killing …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Teotihuacan_shooting
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web search NEUTRAL — 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 profi…
https://english.elpais.com/international/2026-04-21/julio-ce…
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web search NEUTRAL — Mexico pyramid shooter was Hitler fanatic who left AI pic of him posing with Columbine school shooters.Mexico identifies suspect who opened fire at Teotihuacan pyramids.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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Claim 2: “Seven of those hurt were shot”
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Claim 3: “Cops also found a brown revolver, a gray knife, and a bag containing various rounds of ammunition near the Mexican national’s body”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general information about the LAPD and does not mention the specific items found near Jasso's body.
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web search NEUTRAL — The City of Los Angeles Police Department, also known as the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), is the primary law enforcement agency of Los Angeles, California, United States. [8] With 8,832 offic…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles_Police_Department
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web search NEUTRAL — 1 day ago · Consistent with our motto, “to protect and to serve”, The Los Angeles Police Department is committed to serving the community while protecting the rights of all persons.
https://www.lapdonline.org/
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web search NEUTRAL — The department provides law enforcement and youth services for the City of Los Angeles.
https://locator.lacounty.gov/lac/Location/3175420/city-of-lo…
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Claim 4: “Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, the two friends who shot up the Colorado high school on April 20, 1999, killing 14 people and themselves”
VERIFIED BY REFERENCE
Wikipedia and CNN confirm Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold killed 13 students and 1 teacher (total 14) and then themselves on April 20, 1999.
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web search NEUTRAL — On April 20, 1999, high school senior students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold murdered 13 students and 1 teacher in a school shooting and attempted bombing at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colora…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbine_High_School_massacre
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web search NEUTRAL — Harris and Klebold killed themselves with gunshot wounds to the head in the school’s library at approximately 12:08 p.m. on the day of the shootings. SWAT teams entered the school 47 minutes after the…
https://edition.cnn.com/us/columbine-high-school-shootings-f…
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web search NEUTRAL — Eric David Harris and Dylan Bennet Klebold were a pair of school shooters, school bombers, and mass murderers responsible for the April 20, 1999 Columbine High School massacre in Columbine, Colorado..…
https://criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/Eric_Harris_and_Dylan_…
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Claim 5: “which was the 27th anniversary of the Columbine High School massacre and also Hitler’s birthday”
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Wikipedia and other sources confirm the Columbine massacre occurred on April 20, 1999. The shooting at Teotihuacan is recorded as occurring on April 20, 2026, which is the 27th anniversary and also Hitler's birthday (April 20).
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web search NEUTRAL — The Columbine massacre was the deadliest mass shooting at a K–12 school in U.S. history until the Sandy Hook Elementary School...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbine_High_School_massacre
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web search NEUTRAL — *This channel is for documentaries for educational use.*The Columbine High School massacre was a school shooting that occurred on April 20, 1999, at Columbin...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5QG-I9Ced0
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web search NEUTRAL — The Columbine High School massacre was a school shooting which occurred on April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School in Columbine, an unincorporated area of Jefferson County in the State of Colorado.
https://archive.org/details/youtube-O00YFKJe1fo
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Claim 6: “Six Americans, three Colombians, one Russian, two Brazilians and one Canadian were taken to the hospital”
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Claim 7: “was found with an AI-generated photo of himself standing with the Columbine school shooters”
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Only one specific news result (Google News) mentions the AI-generated photo with Columbine shooters; the other provided evidence for this claim are general definitions of AI.
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web search NEUTRAL — Artificial intelligence (AI) is the capability of computational systems to perform tasks typically associated with human intelligence, such as learning, reasoning, problem-solving, perception, and dec…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence
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web search NEUTRAL — Meet Gemini, Google’s AI assistant. Get help with writing, planning, brainstorming, and more. Experience the power of generative AI.
https://gemini.google.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — 1 day ago · artificial intelligence (AI), the ability of a digital computer or computer-controlled robot to perform tasks commonly associated with intelligent beings.
https://www.britannica.com/technology/artificial-intelligenc…
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Claim 8: “The shooter also appears to have been a member of a twisted online subculture known as the True Crime Community, which glorifies school shootings, especially Columbine”
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Reported by both Google News and a source discussing the anniversary of the shooting that Jasso was a member of the 'True Crime Community' which glorifies school shootings.
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web search NEUTRAL — Julio César Jasso Ramírez, 27, opened fire from atop the Pyramid of the Moon, killing a Canadian woman and injuring 13 other tourists before committing suicide.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Teotihuacan_shooting
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web search NEUTRAL — The shooter, 27-year-old Julio César Jasso Ramirez, was reportedly a Nazi sympathizer who was seen in photos making the Heil Hitler salute, prosecutors told Mexican outlet Telediario.
https://nypost.com/2026/04/21/world-news/mass-shooting-at-an…
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web search NEUTRAL — The shooter also appears to have been a member of a twisted online subculture known as the True Crime Community, which glorifies school shootings, especially Columbine, according to the outlet.
https://dnyuz.com/2026/04/21/mexico-pyramid-shooter-was-hitl…
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Claim 9: “Jasso started shooting tourists from halfway up the Temple of the Moon — a nearly 2,000-year-old structure”
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No evidence was provided or found for this specific claim regarding the location and age of the structure in the search results.
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Claim 10: “The youngest person injured was 6 and the oldest was 61”
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Claim 11: “Julio César Jasso, 27, killed a Canadian tourist and shot several others before he took his own life at the archaeological site near Mexico City on Monday”
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Wikipedia explicitly identifies the shooter as Julio César Jasso Ramírez, age 27, who killed a Canadian woman and injured 13 others before committing suicide at the Pyramid of the Moon.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsqebGQbDj4
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web search NEUTRAL — From it came the first English-language hit of his career, a cover of "Begin the Beguine" that became number 1 in the United Kingdom; he also released a collection, Julio (1983).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julio_Iglesias
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web search NEUTRAL — Make fresh memories with us at Uncle Julio's now. Enjoy our authentic fajitas and made from scratch chocolate piñatas. Reserve a table now.
https://unclejulios.com/
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Claim 12: “shooting tourists... just after 11:30 a.m.”
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No evidence was provided or found regarding the specific time (11:30 a.m.) of the shooting.
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Claim 13: “Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum wrote on X that she has been in touch with the Canadian Embassy and that she has instructed Mexico’s security cabinet to “thoroughly investigate” the incident”
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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.
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Claim 14: “Eight victims were still recovering in the hospital Monday night”
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Claim 15: “In the fake image with the Columbine shooters, Jasso is wearing a shirt with the phrase “Disconnect & Self-Destruct,” which is associated with the community”
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The Independent reports that Telediario stated Jasso wore a shirt saying 'Disconnect and Destruct' (slightly different phrasing than 'Disconnect & Self-Destruct' but clearly the same reference) associated with the community.
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web search NEUTRAL — In the image Jasso is wearing a shirt that reads “Disconnect and Destruct,” a phrase that is connected to a violent subculture known as “The True Crime Community” which glorifies the massacre online,T…
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/mexico-p…
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https://magiceraser.org/ai-image-editor/
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info Disclaimer: This analysis is generated by AI and should be used as a starting point for critical thinking, not as definitive truth. Claims are verified against publicly available sources. Always consult the original article and additional sources for complete context.