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YUCATAN, Mexico - A tourist was captured on video being surrounded and beaten with a stick after climbing a protected Mayan monument in Mexico. The incident happened on Jan. 29 at the archaeological ...

This is the moment yet another tourist invoked the wrath of locals after climbing the steps of an ancient Mayan temple in Mexico. Footage taken by onlookers shows a Polish traveller being escorted off ...

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Another tourist has been attacked by an angry crowd after climbing Mexico’s Chichén Itzá. The Polish tourist was beaten with a stick after being surrounded by furious locals. It is forbidden to climb ...

Mexico is the North American nation with the most UNESCO World Heritage sites, thanks in large part to its rich history and well-preserved archaeological sites -- some of which are still being ...

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