Mexico jet crash kills 1, injures 4, including doctor who leads vigilante group

Mexico jet crash kills 1, injures 4, including doctor who leads vigilante group
By Gustavo Ruiz, The Associated Press January 5, 2014 3:10 PM



MORELIA, Mexico - A small plane crashed in western Mexico, killing one man and injuring four other people, including an outspoken doctor who leads a vigilante group, authorities said Sunday.

The prosecutor's office in Michoacan state said it is investigating what it described as an accident caused by a mechanical failure. The Mexican attorney general's office also launched a probe into the cause of the crash.

The four injured passengers included Dr. Jose Manuel Mireles, a key leader of an armed effort by residents to force drug gangs out of their communities. An unidentified man died at a hospital.

The crash quickly spread fear among other vigilantes and residents in western Mexico because it came hours after one of the groups seized a Michoacan town, sparking a shootout that killed a man.

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