Just a few hours ago, around 6:30 p.m. in Mexico City, a Learjet 24 crashed near the home of President Felipe Calderon (and just half a mile from my former residence). Among the eight killed in the crash was the Interior Minister Juan Camilo Maurino, one of the President's closest advisers and a prominent figure in the battle against organized crime and drug trafficking."His death causes me enormous pain," Calderon stated at a news conference. "I ask all Mexicans that they don't allow any event, no matter how difficult or painful, to weaken them in the pursuit of a better Mexico."
Initial evidence would suggest an attack from the very delinquents that Juan Camilo Maurino sought to bring to justice. This is a great loss for Mexico and a reminder of the need for (and cost of) leadership that confronts corruption and insecurity head on.
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