Thursday, November 6, 2008

Mexico Plane Crash Deals Blow to Anti-Crime Fight

From Voice Of America:

A plane carrying two of Mexico's top crime fighters crashed Tuesday on a busy street in the heart of Mexico City, killing all eight people on board and a number of people on the ground. As VOA's Greg Flakus reports from Houston, Texas, experts see this tragedy as a setback, if not a crippling blow, to Mexico's effort to fight powerful drug cartels.

The crash produced a horrific scene on one of Mexico City's busiest intersections. Dozens of automobiles burned in the fire caused by the crash and police evacuated nearly 2,000 people from the site.

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