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Mexican governor, senator killed in helicopter crash
msn/ Reuters ^ | December 24, 2018

Posted on 12/25/2018 1:52:24 AM PST by SMGFan

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A Mexican governor and her senator husband were killed in a helicopter crash in the center of the country on Monday, the government said.

Martha Erika Alonso, a senior opposition figure and new governor of the central state of Puebla, died with Rafael Moreno, a senator and the former governor of the same state, when their helicopter came down not far from the state capital of Puebla city, local media reported.

"I said hello to (Moreno) in the Senate just a few days ago. Those of us who had the opportunity to know them are sad and troubled," Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said on Twitter, confirming the deaths of the couple.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


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Suspicious until proven accident. It is Mexico where assassinations of police & other officials happen.
1 posted on 12/25/2018 1:52:24 AM PST by SMGFan
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To: SMGFan

ARRRRIBBBBAAAAAAA!!!!!


2 posted on 12/25/2018 1:56:31 AM PST by Michigan Bowhunter
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To: SMGFan

whats the downside to this


3 posted on 12/25/2018 2:23:52 AM PST by RockyTx (fr)
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To: SMGFan

RIP.


4 posted on 12/25/2018 2:24:03 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj ("It's Slappin' Time !")
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To: SMGFan

Does anyone with a knowledge of Mexican politics know if narco-terrorists might have had something against them?


5 posted on 12/25/2018 3:04:40 AM PST by Wilhelm Tell (True or False? This is not a tag line.)
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To: RockyTx

Gravity?


6 posted on 12/25/2018 3:05:54 AM PST by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZGw2M)
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To: SMGFan

What did they know about the Clinton’s?


7 posted on 12/25/2018 3:06:22 AM PST by EvilCapitalist (It's Ok to be white.)
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To: All
A Mexican governor and her senator husband were killed in a helicopter crash

#Cartel

8 posted on 12/25/2018 4:36:46 AM PST by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: SMGFan

9 posted on 12/25/2018 4:46:00 AM PST by Yo-Yo ( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: SMGFan

“Senior opposition figure” is never a good description to read of someone who dies in a “democracy.”


10 posted on 12/25/2018 6:11:21 AM PST by dangus ("The floor of Hell is paved with the skulls of bishops" -- St. Athanasius)
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To: SMGFan

Could just be third world maintenance.


11 posted on 12/25/2018 8:08:12 AM PST by PAR35
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Could just be third world maintenance.

Double meanings could be applied to that statement.

12 posted on 12/25/2018 8:15:16 AM PST by TruthWillWin ([[[MSM]]])
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To: TruthWillWin

One thing I do miss on FR. No ‘like’ buttons or smiley faces.


13 posted on 12/25/2018 2:04:56 PM PST by PAR35
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