Fox News: Tourist arrested, attacked by locals after scaling world-famous sacred Mayan temple, video shows

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Tourist arrested, attacked by locals after scaling world-famous sacred Mayan temple, video shows

Video shows a tourist scaling the steps of Mexico's Temple of Kukulcan as thousands of visitors flocked to the site to witness the spring equinox last week....                        ...                        ...                            ...A You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login is facing charges after he climbed stairs of one of the New Seven Wonders of the World before furious locals took justice into their own hands by beating the man. ......Bystander footage shows the individual – who authorities have yet to name – scaling the side of the Temple of Kukulcan in Chichén Itzá in Yucatan last week. ......The man was one of two separate visitors filmed climbing the pyramid on Thursday, as approximately 9,000 tourists flocked to the temple – referred to as El Castillo – to observe the You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, according to local outlet You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login. ......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......"He eluded us, even though we're keeping watch on the western side of the temple," a National Guard member told Mexico News Daily. "He ran past us. He's clearly in good physical condition."......Video shows one of the men scaling the steps as security guards chased after him. One of the trespassers, a 38-year-old You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login, reportedly attempted to hide inside the pyramid chamber, but was found by authorities and escorted out of the historic site. ......Mexican National Guard officers and personnel from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) attempted to shield the man, who was being attacked by the crowd as angry onlookers shouted that he should be "sacrificed" - referring to the human sacrifices that were once carried out at the top of the pyramid by the ancient Mayans, the local paper reported.......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......The incident comes as You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to the Chichén Itzá to witness an event known as the Descent of the Feathered Serpent, a natural phenomenon where the sunlight casts a serpent-shaped shadow along the pyramid's stairs, during the spring equinox.  ......The site hosts a four-day-long program featuring activities for guests to enjoy. However, the events do not include climbing the nearly 1,000-year-old pyramid, which was outlawed in 2006 to protect the structure. ......The two tourists You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login and face potential fines under Article 55 of the Federal Law on Archaeological, Artistic, and Historical Monuments and Zones of Mexico, according to Mexico News Daily. ......You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login......A strikingly similar incident unfolded two years ago when a Polish tourist chose to scale the same pyramid.......The man was filmed running up the sacred temple's stairs before a bystander whacked him with a stick as authorities placed him under arrest. The man was held in jail for 12 hours and fined 5,000 pesos, according to the Mexico Daily Post. ......Chichén Itzá authorities did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment. ......Fox News Digital's Andrew Mark Miller contributed to this report. ...

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