My condolences to the families and friends of everyone lost in the Mexican Interior Ministry airplane crash on November 4th, in Mexico City. Mexican citizens have been shaken very hard by the event. It's made news daily since it happened. There were a total of 13 people lost – 8 on the plane, and 5 bystanders on the ground. The plane crashed in a prominent and famous locale during rush hour traffic. The site just happens to be in line with one of the landing lanes at Mexico City International Airport. The crash has so far been attributed to possible pilot error during a necessary correction due to jet wash from another plane. Several interior ministry employees were on the plane at the time. There were no survivors. In the United States, a similar event would be like losing nearly the entire U.S. Cabinet in a single crash. What has saddened Mexicans most is the loss of Secretary of the Interior, Juan Camilo Mourino, who, since Calderon took office, had been very successful in fighting internal corruption and drug cartels. He was a personal friend of Felipe Calderon, and publicly very popular.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-11/08/content_10326077.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Mexico_City_plane_crash
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601086&sid=al.fglwKaupA
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