Face of Mexico's drug war dies in chopper crash

Blake Mora
Mexico's Interior Minister Francisco Blake Mora (L) applauds as Javier Sicilia acknowledges the public during a discussion with victims of the violence in Mexico City July 21, 2011. Sicilia, whose son was killed in March, has given a voice to thousands of Mexicans suffering the chaos of the drugs war by starting the most significant protest movement against a war that has exploded since president Felipe Calderon sent army troops into the fight when he took office in late 2006. REUTERS/Bernardo Montoya (MEXICO - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Mexican Secretary of the Interior Francisco Blake Mora, a leading figure in the country's deadly war with drug traffickers, died Nov. 11 in a helicopter crash on his way to a meeting of judicial officials.