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Summary
A state minister, town mayor and six others from northern Mexico were killed when their small plane crashed and burst into flames most likely due to a mechanical failure. The minister for public works in Coahuila state, Horacio del Bosque, and the mayor of the border town of Piedras Negras, Jose Manuel Maldonado, died along with a state civil protection director, two businessmen, a photographer, the pilot and the co-pilot when their plane went down over a dam near Texas. The crash was caused by mechanical failure and was not due to foul play or an attack by criminal gangs. Mexican media said the plane may have clipped a wing on a tree because it was flying too low, causing it to crash, but Zamora declined to comment or give further detail.
