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PAN members know nothing about the helicopter crash

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The scene where the helicopter transporting Martha Erika Alonso, governor of the state of Puebla, and his husband Senator Rafel Moreno Valle crashed in Puebla Mexico on December 24, 2018- Photo: Imelda Medina/REUTERS
25/08/2019 |09:37
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PAN members know nothing about the helicopter crash

It seems like the PAN , its members, and other political actors have been quite passive in the face of lack of results in regards to the investigation of the helicopter crash where PAN senator Rafael Moreno Valle and PAN governor Martha Erika Alonso died. This is the case of the special commission created in the Senate , which was supposed to follow the case. The commission was proposed and led by s enator Nadia Navarro Acevedo but we've been told that the commission hasn't shown any results.

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