Two people were killed and one injured when a military helicopter crashed in Mexico's violent state of Tamaulipas Monday, the latest in a series of such incidents. The chopper was on a reconnaissance flight eight kilometers (five miles) east of the state capital of Ciudad Victoria near the US border when it came down, the defense ministry said in a statement.
The cause was unknown, media reported. The aircraft was carrying two pilots and an army officer. The co-pilot, the sole survivor, was airlifted to hospital. Tamaulipas is one of Mexico's most violent states, where the Zetas and Gulf cartels are fighting for control of key drug-trafficking routes to the United States. The crash is the latest in a recent series of helicopter disasters in Mexico. In September five crew died in a police helicopter accident in the state of Michoacan.
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