Mexico’s interior minister killed in plane crash

The second-highest official in Mexico’s government was killed Tuesday night aboard an airplane that crashed into rush-hour traffic in the capital and exploded. Officials said Interior Minister Juan Camilo Mouriño, right-hand man to President Felipe Calderon, was among eight people on board who died when the aircraft went down in a section of the Paseo de la Reforma, a scenic artery that cuts across the city. At least 40 people were hurt as the explosion set fire to cars densely packed in slow traffic. Officials said the crash appeared to have been an accident.