Deaths
Among the dead was Secretary of the Interior Juan Camilo Mouriño, top aide to President Felipe Calderón. Mouriño was in charge of the fight against the drug trade in Mexico.
Also on the plane were:
- José Luis Santiago Vasconcelos, former assistant attorney general and current head of the federal technical secretariat for implementing the recent constitutional reforms on criminal justice and public security.
- Miguel Monterrubio, director general of social communications with the Interior Secretariat.
- Arcadio Echeverría, coordinator of special events, office of the Interior Secretary.
- Norma Díaz, director in the communications department of the Interior Secretariat.
- Julio César Ramírez Dávalos, pilot.
- Álvaro Sánchez, co-pilot.
- Gisel Carrillo, stewardess.
Read more about this topic: 2008 Mexico City Plane Crash
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