Latin American and Spanish governments Wednesday expressed regrets over the plane crash in Mexico City which killed Mexican Interior Minister Juan Camilo Mourino and other senior government officials.
According to information reaching here, several Latin American and the Spanish governments have sent condolences to Mexican President Felipe Calderon over the loss of several senior officials during the plane crash in Mexico City.
King of Spain Juan Carlos sent a message of condolence to Calderon over the death of Mourino.
In his message, Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said, "I will personally transmit (my condolences) to President Calderon, who leads a battle against organized crime and drug trafficking, and Mexico has the full support and solidarity of the Spanish government."
Mourino "was always a collaborator and a friend of Spain," Zapatero said.
In a statement, the Chilean Foreign Ministry said Mourino and former General Prosecutor Santiago Vasconcelos, who also died in the crash, "were close friend to Chile, mainly for the advisory they were giving to our country on penal reform" and for the security cooperation between both countries they had been promoting.
"Chile hopes that this event does not affect Mexico's fight against drug-trafficking," it said.
The Colombian government expressed its "solidarity with the Mexican people and President Calderon" in a statement.
Cuban ambassador to Mexico, Gabriel Jimenez Remus, said that he was asked by Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe Perez Roque to convey "his pain for this loss of the Mexican government."
The minister said he would like to express condolences to the Mexican government and people on behalf of the Cuban leader Raul Castro, Remus said.
Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom also expressed his "heartfelt condolences for the irreparable loss of the Mexican people" on the death of Interior Minister Mourino.
Colom said that the families of Mourino and Santiago Vasconcelos should be "proud of their courage in facing up with the drug-trafficking ... and their contribution to the construction of a peaceful and democratic Mexico and Latin America."
The Salvadorian government also expressed its condolences to Mexico and appreciation of Mourino's "invaluable work" and his protection of the human rights of the immigrants.
"The death of Mourino and his escort is an enormous loss not only for their government but also for all those in the Americas who believe in and fight for a society of justice and security for everybody," said Jose Miguel Insulza, General Secretary of the Organization of American States (OAS).
A light aircraft with nine people on board crashed on one of the Mexico City's busiest streets during evening rush hour Tuesday.
The Learjet was doing well until its last communication with the control tower, when the plane was approaching the airport of Mexico City, said Mexican Communication and Transports Minister Luis Tellez Wednesday.
So far, no evidence has been found on the possible cause of the accident, said Tellez.
Source:Xinhua
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