Egyptian authorities said the tourists were in an area that was “off-limits” but did not provide an exact location.
– Musician killed –
Relatives identified one of the dead as 41-year-old Rafael Bejarano Rangel, a musician whose mother, Marisela Rangel, was wounded in the attack.
Mexico’s ambassador to Egypt, Jorge Alvarez Fuentes, gave two different names for the dead, though he said six others remain unaccounted for.
Gabriela Bejarano Rangel, Rafael’s sister, told reporters in the western Mexican city of Guadalajara that her mother had organized the trip for a group of friends and that it was “not true that the area of the attack is forbidden.”
She said she had traveled there herself twice, and that it would be impossible for a guide to take tourists there without a permit.
“My brother was a musician, a shaman, a man of peace and good. It was his second trip to Egypt. He liked it a lot,” she said, adding that she had not spoken to her mother and had only received information from the Jalisco state government.
Rafael financially supported the indigenous Huichol community with proceeds from his concerts, providing it with potable water and helping it build a school.
He helped the Huichol to ensure “that their beautiful culture did not disappear,” she said. “He helped a lot of people.”
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