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In May, Egyptian authorities agreed to pay US$140,000 in compensation to each family of the eight Mexican tourists who died in an attack by Egypt security forces during a safari in September 2015.
Last September, an Egyptian army aircraft fired on a group parked for a barbecue near a tourist site.
Egypt's Ministry of Tourism found that administrative authorities and the travel agency should have had clearer permission and in that sense would be held responsible.
14 Mexican tourists were mistakenly killed by Egyptian security forces in an airstrike last September.
About the letter that Egypt's Foreign Minister sent to the Mexican people comparing the war on terrorism in Egypt with the war on drugs in Mexico, Ambassador Yasser Shaban said that he was misunderstood.
He will see them in private.
It warns of risks due to the action of the "security forces."