Two European tourists, one French and one Swiss, were expelled this Thursday from the archaeological site of Machu Picchu, after one of them was posing naked and the other was photographing him, and both were placed at police disposal.

“The wonder of the world is respected! A foreign subject who undressed to later take pictures in the archaeological remains of Machu Picchu in Cuzco, was intervened by Police Tourism personnel,” the Peruvian National Police (PNP) announced in your Twitter account.

He explained that he was a 26-year-old Swiss citizen who “would be immersed in the alleged commission of a crime against freedom-offenses against public indecentness-obscene exhibitions and publications.”

Later, the director of Culture of Cuzco, Maritza Rosa Candia, explained on the RPP radio station that, this morning, security guards at the most important tourist spot in the country realized that there was a naked tourist near what is known as the House of the Guardian. , in the upper part of the Inca citadel.

“Today two tourists of foreign nationality who were without clothes have been registered and that is not admitted in the Archaeological Park of Machu Picchu. The visitor regulations are obviously prohibited this type of act. Our staff has immediately acted and notified you with the police that they have to get dressed and leave the sanctuary,” said Candia, who regretted the conduct of both.

He said that in the presence of the police officers, the photographs registered by the visitors were eliminated, and later they were transferred to the police station to continue the proceedings, because they were denounced for acts against modesty and good customs.

Gilles Metroz, 26 years old and with a Swiss passport, was the one who posed without clothes, and the French Lucas Yves Marc Deveque, 23, who took the pictures.

Candia also called on visitors, so that they comply with the provisions of the visiting regulations and the recommendations provided by the surveillance personnel of Machu Picchu.

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