Three dead in Mexico plane crash; bodies found at site

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Searchers found the wreckage of a small plane and the bodies of its three occupants on Saturday after the aircraft crashed in northern Mexico amid rough weather.

Mexico's Civil Aviation Department said in a news release that the dead included Baja California Sur state Finance Secretary Nabor Garcia Aguirre, the pilot and co-pilot of the twin-engine Cessna 402C.

The plane, owned by the state government, crashed on Friday in the Sierra de Hidalgo mountains about 10 minutes after taking off from an airport in the city of Monterrey.

Bad weather and mountainous terrain prevented rescuers from reaching the scene until midday Saturday.

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