Nine people have been killed when a plane belonging to a politician running for the post of governor in a Mexican state crashed on Monday, his staff said.
Mr Roberto Borge, the powerful Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI)’s candidate for governor in the state of Quintana Roo, was, however, not on board at the time, said spokesman Gabriel Mendicutti.
“There were nine people, unfortunately all dead,” said Mr Mendicutti.
“Roberto Borge was not aboard but we have found the aeroplane.”
Mr Borge is running for office as part of a coalition along with two smaller parties, the Mexican Green Ecology party (PVEM) and the New Alliance party (PANAL).
Elections are set for July 4 for state governors in 14 Mexican states, including Quintana Roo, amid a wave of violence from battling rival drug cartels.
Mr Borge leads in surveys ahead of the vote.
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Indian’s murder suspect in NZ arrested in China
Auckland : Chinese authorities have arrested a man wanted in the killing of an Indian origin taxi driver in New Zealand, the police said here Monday.
The 23-year-old suspect was arrested last Thursday in China, the New Zealand Herald reported. New Zealand officials flew to Shanghai on Friday to assist “with evidential matters and discuss the next steps in the investigation”, the police said. Hiren Mohini, a 39-year-old father of two, was brutally stabbed to death after driving a passenger from Auckland to suburban Mt Eden on January 31.
Meanwhile, the police have informed Mohini’s family of the weekend’s developments. —IANS