Mexican governor Martha Erika Alonso and husband killed in chopper crash days after she was sworn in
The newly elected governor of the central Mexican state of Puebla, Martha Erika Alonso, and her husband, Rafael Moreno Valle Rosas, reportedly died in a helicopter crash on Christmas Eve, according to officials.
Reports state that the governor and her husband were on the aircraft when it spiraled down in the city of Huejotzingo on Monday afternoon. Three other people were also killed in the incident, including the two pilots, according to the Daily Mail.
The incident occurred nearly ten days after the 45-year-old was sworn into office overcoming a challenge to her election in July. Alonso's husband, Valle Rosas, a former governor of Puebla, was a prominent figure in the opposition National Action Party. Reports state that the couple did not have any children.
President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador paid tribute to the couple on Monday, while the head of the National Action Party, Marko Cortes, took to Twitter, saying he was deeply saddened by the news. "We are in mourning," he wrote.