Mexico Interior Secretary Blake dies in helicopter crash

Mexico’s Secretary of the Interior, Francisco Blake Mora, has died in a helicopter crash outside Mexico City, officials say.

The helicopter was said to be travelling to Cuernavaca in neighbouring Morelos state for a meeting of prosecutors.

There is no word on the condition of the five other people on board.

Mr Blake took the senior cabinet post last year. The ministry oversees police forces fighting drug cartels.

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