Mexico City, Mexico, Nov 14, 2011 / 16:41 pm
The bishops of Mexico sent their condolences to president Felipe Calderon after a helicopter crash took the lives of the Interior Minister and seven others.
“We raise our prayers to the Lord for the eternal repose of the deceased, in the firm hope that God will welcome them into glory and grant strength and consolation to their families,” the bishops said.
Jose Francisco Blake Mora, Mexico’s Interior Minister, died on Nov. 11 while his helicopter headed to Cuernavaca from Mexico City crashed in a field in the region of Temamatla.
Seven other government and military officials also died in the crash. Officials said investigators are looking for possible causes of the accident.