Head of Guatemalan military dies in chopper crash

Article Posted on : - Aug 21, 2014

GUATEMALA CITY (AP): The Guatemalan government on Wednesday said that the head of its joint chiefs of staff has died in a helicopter crash near the border with Mexico.

Interior Secretary Maurio Lopez says Gen. Rudy Ortiz died on Wednesday along with four other military officials after their helicopter fell in a mountainous area of the province of Huehuetenango.

Lopez says Gen. Braulio Mayen and three other officials were also killed.

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