12/11/2011 11:26
Mexico interior minister died in helicopter crash
Mexico's interior minister, Francisco Blake Mora, a key figure in the country's battle with drug cartels, died on Friday in a helicopter crash that President Felipe Calderón said was probably an accident, the Guardian reports.
Calderón said the helicopter was flying in fog when it went down in a remote area south-east of Mexico City and that all possible causes were under investigation.
"Mexico has lost a great patriot … and I lost a dear friend," said Calderón. "He was not only an exemplary minister, he was an exemplary Mexican."
Authorities said the junior minister for human rights, Felipe Zamora, was among the seven others also killed, including the pilot.
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