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Crashed Mexico police helicopter discovered as floods rescue continues Crashed Mexico police helicopter discovered as floods rescue continues
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A Mexican government spokesman said on Saturday that a missing police helicopter, which had been aiding in storm rescue efforts, had crashed and all aboard had been found dead.A Mexican government spokesman said on Saturday that a missing police helicopter, which had been aiding in storm rescue efforts, had crashed and all aboard had been found dead.
Eduardo Sanchez said the number of victims in the accident was still being determined and could be between three and five people, all of them members of the federal police.Eduardo Sanchez said the number of victims in the accident was still being determined and could be between three and five people, all of them members of the federal police.
The announcement came as officials said the overall death toll from storms Manuel and Ingrid over the past week had risen to 101, not counting the helicopter casualties. Sixty-eight people remain missing in La Pintada, where a landslide buried half of the town.The announcement came as officials said the overall death toll from storms Manuel and Ingrid over the past week had risen to 101, not counting the helicopter casualties. Sixty-eight people remain missing in La Pintada, where a landslide buried half of the town.
The helicopter went missing on Thursday as it returned from La Pintada, a remote mountain coffee-growing village northwest of the resort city of Acapulco. Weathers conditions there initially hampered rescue efforts and flights into the area.The helicopter went missing on Thursday as it returned from La Pintada, a remote mountain coffee-growing village northwest of the resort city of Acapulco. Weathers conditions there initially hampered rescue efforts and flights into the area.
In Mexico City, criticism has mounted all week in editorials and public commentary that the government had made natural disasters worse because of poor planning, lack of a prevention strategy and corruption.
"Governments aren't responsible for the occurrence of severe weather, but they are for the prevention of the effects," wrote Mexico's nonprofit Center of Investigation for Development, in an online editorial criticizing a federal program to improve infrastructure and relocate communities out of dangerous flood zones. "The National Water Program had good intentions but its execution was at best poor."
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