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Guatemala's interior minister dies in plane crash


    VILLAHERMOSA, Mexico (Reuters) - Guatemala's interior minister died when a small plane crashed on Friday in bad weather north of the Guatemalan capital, a government spokesman said.

    All four people on board the aircraft were killed,including Interior Minister Vinicio Gomez, Guatemala'spresidential spokesman Fernando Barillas told reporters.

    "Bad weather caused the accident," Barillas said.

    The plane took off from Guatemala City bound for thenorthern jungle region of Peten, but crashed near the smalltown of Senahu, Barillas said.

    The country's deputy interior minister, Edgar Umana, alsodied in the crash, as did the plane's pilot and co-pilot,Barillas said.

    Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom was in Mexico for aregional summit.

    (Reporting by Luis Manuel Lopez; editing by Todd Eastham)