Mexico minister dies in plane crash
Updated on 05 November 2008
One of Mexico's top officials in the war against drug trafficking died when a government jet crashed into a Mexico City street, setting fire to dozens of vehicles and dealing crusading President Felipe Calderon a serious blow.
Officials said the crash appeared to be an accident but the loss of Interior Secretary Juan Camilo Mourino, former anti-drug prosecutor Jose Luis Santiago Vasconcelos and six others thinned the ranks of Mexico's already embattled leadership.
US Ambassador Antonio Garza praised the two officials and suggested them as models for the fight against organised crime.
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