A black ribbon of mourning for Interior Secretary Francisco Blake Mora was hung at the presidential palace.
(Bernardo Montoya/Reuters)
The country’s top Cabinet secretary, Francisco Blake Mora, a key figure in Mexico’s battle with drug cartels, died in a helicopter crash yesterday with seven others, including the pilot, the government said. The Presidency spokeswoman, Alejandra Sota, said authorities located the bodies of the secretary and seven others. They included Interior Undersecretary Felipe Zamora, said agency spokesman Jose Alfredo Garcia.
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