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.
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ARRRRIBBBBAAAAAAA!!!!!
whats the downside to this
RIP.
Does anyone with a knowledge of Mexican politics know if narco-terrorists might have had something against them?
Gravity?
What did they know about the Clinton’s?
#Cartel
“Senior opposition figure” is never a good description to read of someone who dies in a “democracy.”
Could just be third world maintenance.
Double meanings could be applied to that statement.
One thing I do miss on FR. No ‘like’ buttons or smiley faces.
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