Results 1 to 2 of 2

Thread: Mexican Interior minister killed in plane crash

  1. #1

    Mexican Interior minister killed in plane crash

    Just a coincidence :

    Excerpt from artricle.

    Mr Santiago, who had previously been in charge of pursuing extraditions against drug smugglers, had reportedly been the target of at least one planned assassination attempt.

    Mexican minister killed in crash

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7709877.stm

    Mexican Interior Minister Juan Camilo Mourino has been killed along with seven others when his ministry plane crashed in central Mexico City.

    The Learjet burst into flames as it came down during rush-hour in the heart of the capital's financial district at around 1900 local time (0000 GMT).

    A former assistant attorney general, Jose Luis Santiago, and other senior advisers were also killed in the crash.

    Correspondents describe Mr Mourino, who was 37, as a rising political star.

    President Felipe Calderon paid tribute to the minister, whom he called "one of my closest collaborators and one of my best and closest friends".

    The cause of the crash remains unknown, and Mr Calderon said his government would "carry out all necessary investigations to find out the causes of the tragedy".

    Officials say they have not detected any signs of foul play, and the crash appears to have been an accident.




    Profile: Juan Camilo Mourino

    But Mr Mourino had been in charge of security during the government's violent battle with powerful drug cartels, and his death is a big blow to the government, says BBC Americas analyst Warren Bull.

    About 3,000 people have been killed in drug-related violence since the start of the year, and the country's kidnapping rates are among the highest in the world.

    'Enormous explosion'

    The interior ministry officials had been returning to Mexico City from an event in the city of San Luis Potosi when the plane went down.

    Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard said the crash had killed all those on board.

    He added that more people may have died on the ground as a number of cars were destroyed when the plane crashed.

    "It's likely that we will find other bodies in the vehicles," Mr Ebrard told Mexican television.

    At least 40 people were admitted to hospital with injuries.

    "The explosion was enormous," an eyewitness told AFP news agency.

    "The flames reached higher than the buildings on La Reforma", the witness added, referring to the main street in the city's financial district.

    Police and ambulances attended the crash scene as firemen battled to bring the blaze under control.

    Correspondents say Mr Mourino had come under recent pressure over allegations he had acted improperly by signing government contracts on behalf of his family's gasoline business while in office.

    Mr Mourino denied any wrongdoing.

    Mr Santiago, who had previously been in charge of pursuing extraditions against drug smugglers, had reportedly been the target of at least one planned assassination attempt.



  2. Remove this section of ads by registering.
  3. #2
    I little detail and history on the Mexican WAR on DRUGS...

    http://mexfiles.wordpress.com/2008/

    a clip:

    Juan Camilo Mouriño, Secretarío de Gobernacion, killed
    November, 5, 2008
    Like most U.S. citizens abroad I was following the U.S. election returns all night, and was out all day. It’s only now — at one in the morning — that I can sit down and write about what is likely to be a more dramatic and immediate change in the political landscape — here — than the overwhelming victory of Barack Obama.

    At just past 7 P.M. (Mexico City time), a Lear Jet, carrying nine persons, including former deputy chief Federal Prosecutor José Luis Santiago Vasconcelos, who had resigned after complaints about his ineffectiveness as a “drug warrior” but stayed in the government as an official with the Public Security Secretariat and Secretarío de Gobernacion, Juan Camilo Mouriño, fell out of the sky, crashing into Lomas de Chapultepec, at the Periferico Miguel Aleman — near the monument to the oil expropriation, and killed all on board.

    The Federal District Prosecutors’ Office has already opened an investigation.

    This is a huge issue, with both national security, political and international implications. Mouriño, who was only 37 years old, but was the second most powerful figure in the Mexican executive branch. Secretaria de Gobernacion has no real equivalent in English. His title is sometimes translated as “Interior Mininster” or “Home Secretary” but the closest U.S. counterpart would be the Secretary of Homeland Security … as well as Director of National Security, and the closest thing Mexico has to a Vice-President.
    The American Dream, Wake Up People, This is our country! <===click

    "All eyes are opened, or opening to the rights of man, let the annual return of this day(July 4th), forever refresh our recollections of these rights, and an undiminished devotion to them."
    Thomas Jefferson
    June 1826



    Rock The World!
    USAF Veteran



Similar Threads

  1. 5 Russian nuclear scientists killed in plane crash; Mossad hit?
    By cindy25 in forum U.S. Political News
    Replies: 2
    Last Post: 06-24-2011, 10:27 AM
  2. NASA Chief and Sen Ted Stevens Killed In Plane Crash In AK
    By Matt Collins in forum U.S. Political News
    Replies: 1
    Last Post: 08-10-2010, 01:52 PM
  3. Bush Insider Who Planned To Tell All Killed In Plane Crash
    By Mesogen in forum U.S. Political News
    Replies: 25
    Last Post: 12-24-2008, 04:32 PM
  4. Bush Insider Who Planned To Tell All Killed In Plane Crash
    By speech in forum U.S. Political News
    Replies: 1
    Last Post: 12-22-2008, 01:24 AM

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •