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Head of Guatemalan military dies in chopper crash

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AP Guatemala City
Last Updated : Aug 21 2014 | 1:55 AM IST
The Guatemalan government today 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 today 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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First Published: Aug 21 2014 | 1:55 AM IST

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