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Deadly Meeting Between Mexican Politician's Plane And Busy Highway

A Learjet 45 crashed Tuesday night beside a busy highway in Mexico City. What’s worse, the 14 killed includes Mexico’s interior minister, Juan Camilo Mouriño. In addition to a roadside tortilla vendor and other unlucky souls who died on the ground, officials estimate that an additional 40 people were injured.

Mouriño was President Felipe Calderon’s right-hand man. Other passengers included anti-drug prosecutors, prompting questions of foul play. To squelch the conspiracy theories, officials have already released radar images and radio transmissions between the pilot and ground control.

Mouriño had his critics, including some who burned giant plaster replicas of him in the streets. But the guy was just 37 years old. This settles it. We have a message for celebrities and politicians, particularly young, handsome dynamos who seem to be particularly at risk: Fly commercial.

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