Plane crash in Mexico City kills interior minister Juan Camilo Mouriño
Investigators in Mexico have begun examining the black box flight recorder from a plane that crashed in Mexico City on Tuesday, killing at least 14, including Mexican interior minister, Juan Camilo Mouriño. As President Felipe Calderón’s “strongman,” he had been leading a government campaign against Mexico’s powerful and violent drug gangs. The government says investigators had not found any signs of foul play so far.
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