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| Guatemalan minister dies in crash | Guatemalan minister dies in crash |
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| Guatemalan Interior Minister Vinicio Gomez has been killed in a helicopter crash north of the country's capital, government officials have said. | |
| Deputy minister Edgar Hernandez, the pilot and one other person also died. | Deputy minister Edgar Hernandez, the pilot and one other person also died. |
| The authorities lost radio contact with the aircraft at 1308 local time (1908 GMT) on Friday. | The authorities lost radio contact with the aircraft at 1308 local time (1908 GMT) on Friday. |
| It disappeared over the Alta Verapaz department en route to Peten in the north. It is thought that the crash was caused by bad weather. | It disappeared over the Alta Verapaz department en route to Peten in the north. It is thought that the crash was caused by bad weather. |
| The two officials were on their way to a regional security meeting. | |
| Fernando Barrillas, spokesman for the country's President, Alvaro Colom, told AFP news agency he had cut short a trip to Mexico for a Central American summit due to take place on Saturday. | |
| "The government is distraught and regrets the death of a key minister, who had done good work in a few months in office," said another spokesman, Ronaldo Robles. | |
| Mr Gomez was appointed five months ago when Mr Colom took office. He was a deputy minister in the previous government. |