The Independent (London), March 27,
1992
Copyright 1992 Newspaper Publishing PLC
The Independent (London)
March 27, 1992, Friday
SECTION: FOREIGN NEWS PAGE; Page 12
LENGTH: 100 words
HEADLINE: Helicopter crash kills 10 in Mexico
BODY:
MEXICO CITY (Reuter) - All ten people on board - four civilians and six soldiers,
among them an army general - were killed when a Puma helicopter belonging to
Mexico's presidential guard crashed into a mountainside in the southern state
of Oaxaca in dense fog.
The general was identified as Pedro Bautista Perez, who was part of an advance
party making preparations for a visit to Oaxaca this week by President Carlos
Salinas de Gortari. The President's visit, one of a regular series he makes
to the provinces, has been postponed indefinitely, a statement by the President's
office said.
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