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Mexican Navy says 14 people dead after Black Hawk helicopter crash

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Reuters
Updated: Jul 16, 2022, 00:07 UTC

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's Navy said on Friday that 14 people were killed and another person was injured after a Black Hawk military helicopter crashed in the northern state of Sinaloa.

Mexican Navy says 14 people dead after Black Hawk helicopter crash

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s Navy said on Friday that 14 people were killed and another person was injured after a Black Hawk military helicopter crashed in the northern state of Sinaloa.

The cause of the crash is being investigated, but so far there was no information indicating the incident was related to the arrest of drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero in another part of Sinaloa on Friday, the Navy said in a statement.

(Reporting by Lizbeth Diaz; Writing by Valentine Hilaire; Editing by Anthony Esposito)

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