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Mexican governor, senator killed in helicopter crash
PUEBLA, Mexico, Dec 25, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – The governor of the Mexican state
of Puebla and her husband, a senator and former governor, were killed on
Monday in a helicopter crash, the country’s president said.
“My deepest condolences to the relatives of Senator Rafael Moreno Valle
and his wife, governor of Puebla Martha Erika Alonso,” President Andres
Manuel Lopez Obrador wrote on Twitter.
Local media also reported that the pilot and another person were killed in
the accident.
According to the local constitution, the state legislature will have to
appoint an interim governor and to call an extraordinary vote that must be
held in three to five months.
BSS/AFP/RY/08:15 hrs