Citizen suspicion surrounds Mexico plane crash
The Times' Ken Ellingwood reports:
The plane crash that killed Mexican Interior Minister Juan Camilo Mouriño this week made one thing clear: No matter how the government explains what happened, few Mexicans are likely to believe it.
Authorities insist they have no evidence of foul play in Tuesday's fiery rush-hour crash, which also killed former top anti-drug prosecutor Jose Luis Santiago Vasconcelos and 12 other people. They have taken pains to portray an open and thorough investigation and brought in American and British crash specialists to bolster confidence in the inquiry.
But to many Mexicans, the crash must have been the work of assassins, possibly drug traffickers, probably aided by turncoats in the government.
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-- Deborah Bonello in Mexico City
Photo: Juan Camilo Mouriño Jr. embraces a portrait of his father at the interior minister’s funeral in Mexico City. Mouriño Sr. and 13 others died Tuesday in a plane crash. Credit: Ronaldo Schemidt / AFP/Getty Images.
