Head of Guatemala's armed forces dies in helicopter crash
GUATEMALA CITY – The Guatemalan government says 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 Wednesday 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.