"The best way to honour these citizens... is to step up the efforts to transform Mexico into the country they wanted," Calderon said at a military field where thousands of people, including cabinet members, governors and relatives of Blake Mora, mourned the crash victims.
Date: Nov 13, 2011
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Mexico loss of 2nd in charge won't change drug war
peaking at a memorial service, Mr. Calderon said the best way to pay tribute to Interior Secretary Francisco Blake Mora and the seven others killed Friday when their aircraft smashed into a mountainside south of Mexico City is "to keep fighting with greater conviction for the things they fought for.
Date: Nov 13, 2011
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US Joins Mexico Chopper Crash Probe, Blast Ruled Out
The board says it has also sent representatives of the Federal Aviation Administration to investigate Friday's crash in a rural area south of Mexico City. The crash killed Interior Minister Francisco Blake Mora and seven others.
Date: Nov 13, 2011
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Suspicions run high after death of Mexican anti-drug crusader
On Nov. 4, 2008 a small aircraft fell onto a main street in Mexico City, killing then-interior minister Juan Camilo Mourino and only eight others. Blake Moras last tweet was a homage to the life of Mourino.
Date: Nov 13, 2011
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Mexican Interior Minister, 7 Others, Killed in Helicopter Crash
Interior Minister Francisco Blake Moras helicopter crashed en route to Cuernavaca from Mexico City in an area where foggy conditions reduced visibility, Communications and Transportation Minister Dionisio Perez-Jacome said in a televised speech yesterday. Blake Mora was traveling to the city for a trip to attend the 21-member Asia- Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit in Hawaii after the crash, the presidential office said in a statement posted on the Twitter website. Calderon said during his speech that Deputy Interior Minister Juan Marcos Gutierrez will assume Blake Moras responsibilities.In this fight, there is no room for truce or hesitation or experimentation, Blake Mora said during a press conference in Mexico City on Oct. 19 to announce reinforced security measures in northern Mexico.Andrew Selee, director of the Mexico Institute at the Woodrow Wilson Center in Washington, said in a phone interview that Blake Mora was critical for the Calderon administrations efforts to address security concerns and political reform.The state of Morelos, where Blake Mora was heading, was a base of operation for the so-called Beltran Leyva Cartel, which security officials say has splintered since Mexican marines gunned down its leader Arturo Beltran-Leyva in a Cuernavaca condominium in 2009.
Date: Nov 12, 2011
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Funerals held for Mexican interior minister, 7 others killed in crash
While Blake Mora was well regarded by U.S. officials, his loss won't devastate the Calderon administration, said Pamela K. Starr, associate professor of international relations at the University of Southern California."He was very highly thought of both within Mexico and with his counterparts in the United States," Starr said of Blake Mora. "With that said, he has not been one of the central figures in the battle against drug cartels in Mexico. The lead has been taken more by the federal police and the president The others killed were Diana Miriam Hayton Sanchez, the technical secretary of the minister's office; Maj. Rene de Leon Sapien of the Presidential Guard, who was Blake Mora's personal security detail; and three members of the air force: pilot Lt. Col. Felipe Bacio Cortes, Lt. Pedro Ramon Escobar and
Date: Nov 12, 2011
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Mexico loss of 2nd in charge won't change drug war
The government will hold a funeral for Blake Mora Saturday afternoon in a military facility mainly used for equestrian events in the heart of Mexico City. Calderon and other top cabinet members are expected to attend.
Date: Nov 12, 2011
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Mexico loss of 2nd in charge won't change drug war
"I am convinced that the best way to honor his generosity and loyalty ... is to intensify the struggle," Calderon said in a national address announcing Blake Mora's death along with seven others outside the capital. "We will continue with renewed vigor and zeal."drug war: the secretaries of defense, navy, public security and the attorney general. The people currently in those positions have been with Calderon through most of his term. Blake Mora, 45, who was appointed in June 2010, was the fourth interior secretary since Calderon was elected five years ago.The political impact of Blake Mora's death is "relatively minor," said historian Lorenzo Meyer of the College of Mexico, adding that the position of interior secretary "is not remotely what it was ... it lost power in the new system."The crash of the Super Puma helicopter, part of the presidential fleet, also killed the undersecretary for legal affairs and human rights, Felipe Zamora, two other interior officials, the chief of Blake Mora's security detail and three crew members, all air force officers who served in the equivalenHe seemed to try to quell any suggestions of sabotage, saying that Blake Mora's helicopter "was always under guard" in the Secret Service hangar and that it had recently undergone maintenance. He said it was traveling in bad weather, something local residents confirmed.