Anti-narcotics helicopter crash kills 11

An anti-narcotics helicopter searching for gunmen protecting drug plantations has crashed into a mountain in southern Mexico, killing all nine soldiers and two federal pilots onboard, authorities said.

Anti-narcotics helicopter crash kills 11

An anti-narcotics helicopter searching for gunmen protecting drug plantations has crashed into a mountain in southern Mexico, killing all nine soldiers and two federal pilots onboard, authorities said.

What caused the crash was unclear, but the aircraft may have been attacked by drug smugglers on the ground, according to a statement released by the federal attorney general’s office.

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