Mexican Interior Minister Francisco Blake Ebrard died today in a helicopter crash in southern Mexico City.
Ebrard, who was nominated Interior Minister last July by President Felipe Calderon, played a significant role in the war against organized crime.
"For Calderon it's certainly a blow, but his strategy will continue," Alejandro Schultmann, head of research at the Emerging Markets Political Risk Analysis consulting firm in Mexico City, told the Christian Science Monitor.
Ebrard was the fourth person to serve as interior minister during Calderon's presidency. A previous interior minister, Juan Camilo Mouriño, died in a place crash three years ago.
The cause of the crash is still unknown. Many Mexicans suspect drug cartels are behind it.
Government officials suspect conspiracy theorists will try to connect Ebrad's crash with Mouriño's and blame it on the cartels. Officials suspect the pilot of Mouriño's plane flew too close to a jet and lost control, but many Mexicans believed the government was hiding the real cause.
Many Mexican politicians have expressed condolences to Ebrad's family.
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