No cartels involved - but Mexico's pyramid attack prompts new concerns

No cartels involved - but Mexico's pyramid attack prompts new concerns52 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleWill Grant,Mexico correspondent, reporting from Mexico CityandVanessa Buschschlüter,Latin America digital editorReuters/Luis CortesThe National Guard was among the security forces deployed to the site after the shootingThe authorities in Mexico are still piecing together how a typical morning at the ancient pyramid complex of Teotihuacán, one of the country's foremost tourist destinations, descended into terrifying gun violence on Monday.The video footage is disturbing. A gunman stands atop the imposing Pyramid of the Moon and opens fire on the tourists around him, who cower for cover among the pre-Hispanic stone structures.After the ordeal, a 32-year-old Canadian woman had been killed and the gunman had died from a self-inflicted gun wound. Tourists from several nations, including Russia, Colombia and Brazil, were treated for their injuries in local hospitals.The fact that visitors from overseas were targeted poses a headache for the government just weeks before Mexico co-hosts the men's football World Cup.The shooting came less than two months after masked gunmen from the Jalisco New Generation Cartel unleashed a wave of violence, sowing fear across the country following the killing of their leader "El Mencho" by the security forces.But this incident was very different.Mexican authorities say the Teotihuacán gunman acted alone and there was no apparent link to Mexico's widespread cartel violence.A witness said the attack began at about 11:00 local time on MondayHe has been identified as 27-year-old Julio César Jasso Ramírez, a Mexican citizen who lived in Mexico City."The aggressor planned and carried out the attack on his own and there is absolutely no indication at this point that he had any external help or that any other individuals were involved in this incident," said the Attorney-General of Mexico Sta...