Five people, including the top security official for the central Mexico state of Aguascalientes, died in a helicopter crash Thursday, authorities said.
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The state public security helicopter crashed early Thursday morning near a hospital in Jesús María, Aguascalientes, killing state security chief Porfirio Sánchez Mendoza and four others, Aguascalientes Gov. María Teresa Jiménez said during a news conference.
Firefighters and members of security forces check covered bodies where the head of security of the central Mexican state of Aguascalientes has died in a helicopter crash, in Aguascalientes, Mexico, on Nov. 17, 2022.
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Jiménez said preliminary information suggested the crash was an accident.
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Sánchez Mendoza was arrested in February when the federal Attorney General’s Office opened a case against him for alleged torture, but he was released seven months later due to a lack of evidence and returned to his job.
