MSNBC, 9/3/2010
9:52:08 PM ET
OAXACA,
Mexico — A plane crash in southern Mexico killed all six people on board
Friday, including two federal legislators and two mayors-elect.
Oaxaca
state Public Safety Secretary Javier Rueda said the aircraft went down as it
neared the airport in the Pacific coast beach town of Huatulco.
Reps.
Guillermo Zavaleta and Juan Huerta were killed along with the mayors-elect of
Huatulco and Juquila, another town in Oaxaca state, Rueda said.
Zavaleta
and Huerta both belonged to the National Action Party of President Felipe
Calderon, who issued a statement sending his condolences to the families.
The
pilot and a local coffee grower were the other two people killed.
The
plane took off from Mexico City on Friday morning. The cause of the crash was
unknown, but authorities said inclement weather and possible pilot error were
being investigated.
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