one Tourists in Mexico After he climbs the stairs of one of the new Seven World Wonders, angry locals reach out to themselves by beating the man, facing charges.
Video by the bystander shows the side of the Kukulcan temple in Chichén Itzá in Yucatan last week showing individuals – people who have not been named by the authorities.
The man was one of two separate tourists who photographed the pyramid on Thursday, with about 9,000 tourists flocking to the temple (called El Castillo) to observe spring equinoxaccording to local exports Mexican News Daily.
A tourist zoomed on one side of the Kukulcan temple in Chichén Itzá, and thousands of tourists flocked to the archaeological site to witness the spring equinox in Yucatan, Mexico on Thursday, March 20, 2025. (@kevin_arsenault/tmx)
“Even if we kept watching on the west side of the temple, he avoided us,” a National Guard member told the Mexican News. “He ran past us. He was obviously in good health.”
The video shows that one of the men will expand the steps when security guards chase him. One of the invaders, one of them was 38 years old German touristsIt was reported that attempts to hide in the pyramid room, but were discovered by authorities and escorted out of the historic site.
Mexican National Guard officials and personnel (inah) tried to block the man, local Maya reported, local Maya reported, angry onlookers shouted that he should be “sacrificed” the man he should be “sacrificed” because he should be “sacrificed” – involving human sacrifices that were once carried out on pyramids by ancient Maya.
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People look at the Chichi ITZA pyramid in Yucatan, southern Mexico on March 21, 2012. (Reuters/Victor Ruiz Garcia)
The event is Thousands of tourists flocked to During spring, the sun shines along the stairs of the pyramid, and the sun shines along the stairs of the pyramid casts a natural phenomenon.
The site hosts a four-day program that includes events for guests to enjoy. However, these events do not include climbing the nearly 1,000-year-old pyramid, which was banned in 2006 to protect the structure.
Two tourists Arrested According to the Mexican News, a fine of Article 55 of the Federal Archaeology, Art and Historic Monuments and Regions of the Mexican News Daily.
The Kukulkan temple is seen in the archaeological site of Chichi ITZA, Yucatan, southern Mexico, March 21, 2012. (Reuters/Victor Ruiz Garcia)
It was a surprisingly similar event when Polish tourists chose to scale the same pyramid two years ago.
The man was photographed, running along the stairs of the sacred temple, and bystanders beat him with sticks as authorities arrested him. According to the Mexican Daily Mail, the man was imprisoned for 12 hours and fined pesos 5,000.
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The authorities did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.
Andrew Mark Miller of Fox News Digital contributed to the report.
