Thursday, November 6, 2008

Plane Crash Kills Mexico's Deputy Leader

From Yahoo News/Time Magazine:

Cars were crawling through Mexico City's rush-hour traffic on Tuesday night when a Learjet came hurtling out of the skies, hit a road in the center of the city and burst into flames. As police and ambulances rushed to the scene to carry dozens of injured motorists to the hospital, it was reported that the plane had been carrying Interior Minister Juan Camilo MouriÑo, Mexico's equivalent of a Vice President. MouriÑo died instantly in the crash along with seven others, including a top security adviser and former federal prosecutor, JosÉ Luis Santiago Vasconcelos, who had dedicated much of his career to the fight against drug gangs.

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