It has been reported that as many as thirteen persons have died after a helicopter crashed in Mexico.

State officials revealed on Saturday that the victims, including three children, were killed when a cabinet minister’s helicopter crash while trying to land on the way to the epicenter of an earthquake.


According to the Agence France Presse, the military helicopter that went down late Friday carried Interior Minister Alfonso Navarrete and Oaxaca state Governor Alejandro Murat, who were unharmed.

But five women, four men, and the three children were killed, the Oaxaca prosecutor’s office said. Another victim died on the way to hospital.