Mexican Navy Helicopter Crashes, Killing 3 Marines

Mexican Navy Helicopter Crashes, Killing 3 Marines
File photo of a Mexican Navy helicopter. Hector Guerrero/AFP via Getty Images
The Associated Press
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MEXICO CITY—The Mexican Navy said Saturday that three marines were killed and two others were injured after a reconnaissance helicopter crashed in the Gulf coast state of Tabasco.

The Navy said in a statement that the Eurocopter craft went down during an aerial surveillance patrol. Video posted on social media showed what appeared to be a small, non-armored chopper spinning and then crashing near the town of Frontera, Tabasco.