No foul play in minister's plane crash, says govt

A plane crash that killed Mexico's interior minister and closest ally, as well as his chief drug war advisor, does not appear to have been caused by sabotage, the government said on Wednesday.

Investigators examining the charred crash site and the plane's black box had found no evidence of foul play, but US and British teams were called in to help the investigation.

Interior Minister Juan Camilo Mourino, the No 2 figure in President Felipe Calderon's government, died on Tuesday when the government Learjet crashed in Mexico City, killing all nine aboard, five people on the ground and narrowly missing high-rise office buildings full of workers.