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Eight dead in government helicopter crash in Mexico

Other News Materials 12 January 2008 05:14 (UTC +04:00)

( dpa )- Eight people died in a helicopter crash Friday east of the Mexico capital.

The government helicopter crashed in an inaccessible, mountainous region of Puebla state, authorities said.

The dead were identified as the two helicopter pilots and six women passengers including the wife of the state interior minister, Puebla officials said. The group was visiting villages in rural Puebla to promote the state government's social programmes .

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