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Mexico minister 'killed' in crash Mexico minister killed in crash
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Mexican Interior Minister Juan Camilo Mourino has been killed along with two others in a plane crash in central Mexico City, reports say. Mexican Interior Minister Juan Camilo Mourino has been killed along with seven others in a plane crash in central Mexico City, reports say.
The plane, carrying nine people, burst into flames as it came down during rush-hour in the Mexican capital around 1900 (0000 GMT), reports said. The small plane burst into flames as it came down during rush-hour in the heart of the capital's financial district around 1900 local time (0000 GMT).
Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard said five people were seriously injured in the crash. Correspondents describe Mr Mourino, who was 36, as a rising political star.
Correspondents describe Mr Mourino, 36, as a rising political star in Mexico. Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard said no one on board could possibly have survived the crash.
"The explosion was enormous," an eye-witness told AFP. "It's a fact. There is no other possibility," he told reporters at the site.
Transport Minister Luis Tellez said a former assistant attorney general, Jose Luis Santiago Vasconcelos, had also died in the crash.
The cause of the incident remains unknown.
'Enormous explosion'
Mr Ebrard said 40 people were injured and a number of cars destroyed by flames from the plane.Firemen battled to bring flames at the crash-site under control
"The explosion was enormous," an eye-witness told AFP news agency.
"The flames reached higher than the buildings on La Reforma", the witness added, referring to the main street in the city's financial district."The flames reached higher than the buildings on La Reforma", the witness added, referring to the main street in the city's financial district.
Police, fire and ambulances attended the crash scene, and the fire has since been brought under control.Police, fire and ambulances attended the crash scene, and the fire has since been brought under control.
Correspondents said Mr Mourino had come under recent pressure amid allegations he acted improperly by signing government contracts on behalf of his family's gasoline business while in office.
Mr Mourino, a close ally of Mexico's President Felipe Calderon, had denied any wrongdoing.