By Danny Fenster
ticklethewire.com
The face of Mexico’s drug war went down in a fatal helicopter crash caused by foggy weather on Nov. 11, reports Bloomberg. Authorities ruled it was an accident and not sabotage as many had suspected.
Interior Minister Jose Luis Santiago Vasconcelos, Mexico’s point man in the war against drug traffickers, died in the crash, along with 15 others, Bloomberg reported. Mora was traveling from Mexico City to Cuernavaca for a meeting of prosecutors.
After initial suspicion of sabotage, or other nefarious causes, authorities determined the crash was caused by foggy weather. Mexican authorities said radar readings show the pilot did not lose control before crashing, Communications and Transportation Minister Dionisio Perez-Jacome told the press, according to Bloomberg.
A team of 16 experts including US National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Aviation Administration officials are working on the investigation.
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