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Mexican interior minister among 8 dead in helicopter crash
Nov 11, 2011, 19:41 GMT
Mexico City - Mexican Interior Minister Jose Francisco Blake died Friday in a helicopter accident in Morelos state, government spokeswoman Alejandra Sota said.
Seven other people aboard the flight also died. There were no survivors.
The government aircraft, a Super Puma, was flying from Mexico City to Cuernavaca, 85 kilometres south of the capital, when it crashed for unknown reasons in an unpopulated area.
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