MEXICO'S INTERIOR MINISTER DIES IN HELICOPTER CRASH

Mexico's Interior Minister Francisco Blake Mora was killed along with seven other people when a helicopter crashed south of the capital yesterday, international media outlets say.

The Minister's helicopter crashed en route to Cuernavaca from Mexico City in an area where foggy conditions reduced visibility, Communications and Transportation Minister Dionisio Perez-Jacome said in a televised speech yesterday. Blake Mora was traveling to the city for a meeting with judicial officials. While the government continues to investigate the cause, the climatic conditions "certainly have us thinking of the probability it was an accident," President Felipe Calderon said in a separate televised speech. The helicopter had been guarded at all times by the presidential security unit and underwent rigorous maintenance, he said.

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