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Police and rescue team members prepare to storm a Boeing 737 plane at the international airport in Mexico City
09 Sep 2009
Source: Reuters
 
Police and rescue team members prepare to storm a Boeing 737 plane at the international airport in Mexico City, September 9, 2009. Hijackers seized an AeroMexico passenger plane in Mexico with more than 100 people on board on Wednesday but the incident ended quickly. without bloodshed, and nine suspects were detained. In the first hijack drama to hit Mexico in decades, pilots of the Boeing 737 radioed in after taking off from the Caribbean resort of Cancun to say they had been hijacked in mid-air, Transport Minister Juan Molinar told reporters. REUTERS/Stringer (MEXICO CONFLICT CRIME LAW SOCIETY POLITICS IMAGES OF THE DAY)
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A masked member of an electricians' union takes part in a protest against the closure of Luz y Fuerza del Centro (Central Light and Power Company) around the Interior Minister's headquarters ...




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