Polish tourist scales “El Castillo” of Chichén Itzá
Again a visitor to the Chichén Itzá archaeological zoneevaded the fence that surrounds the Castle of Kukulkan to climb the steps to the top of the pre-Hispanic pyramid.
It was the tourist of Polish origin, pawel tomasz33 years old, who from the city of Cancun accessed the tourist inn to visit the archaeological site, as about seven thousand people do every day.
However, upon reaching the base of the structure located in the center of the esplanade, he took advantage of the carelessness of the custodians to jump over the fence and begin his ascent on the west side of the structure considered as wonder of the modern world.
It wasn’t until he was more than halfway through, about to reach the top of the pyramid, that the staff at the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) realized that the tourist had violated the regulations, so they immediately ran to invite him to get off.
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Another angry tourist hit him over the head with a stick
Before the looks and the shouts of the other visitors, pawel tomasz He was escorted down the pyramid and when he got to the bottom he was expelled from the archaeological zone, but not before receiving a blow to the head from another tourist who was annoyed by his mistake.
Until now, the municipal authorities of tinumthey have not reported on the arrest of the Polish tourist or on the economic amount of the fine that will be imposed for violating the internal regulations of Chichen Itza and the Federal Law of Monuments and Archaeological Zones.
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It should be noted that just in November 2022, a tourist Nacional carried out a similar action and climbed to the top of the pyramid, where he even performed a dance. Under the excuse of having gone up “to scatter the ashes of her husband”, the visitor evaded the security of the castle.
When going down, the woman was attacked by dozens of people who witnessed her action and was later transferred to the Municipal Public Jailwhere it was said that he had to pay a fine of close to five thousand pesos.
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