Alfonso Navarrete Prida (born 13 October 1963) is a Mexican politician from the

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(PRI). In the 2009 mid-terms he was elected to the

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to represent the

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's 18th district. In 2012, President

Enrique Peña Nieto Enrique Peña Nieto (; born 20 July 1966), commonly referred to by his initials EPN, is a Mexican former politician and lawyer who was the 64th president of Mexico from 2012 to 2018. A member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), he p ...

appointed him to serve in his cabinet as Secretary of Labor. He remained in that position until 2018, when he replaced

Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong (; 5 August 1964) is a Mexican politician who served as the Secretary of the Interior in the cabinet of Enrique Peña Nieto. He was Governor of Hidalgo until April 2011. Early life Born in Pachuca, Hidalgo, Osorio ...

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. In his capacity as Secretary of the Interior, Navarrete was on board the Air Force helicopter that crashed in February 2018 while surveying the damage done by a recent earthquake. 14 people were killed in the crash, but Navarrete and Governor of Oaxaca

Alejandro Murat Hinojosa Alejandro Ismael Murat Hinojosa (born August 4, 1975) is a Mexican politician affiliated with Morena. He was elected Governor of Oaxaca in 2016 as a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party and took office from December 1, 2016, to Novem ...

escaped with comparatively minor injuries.

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1963 births Living people Politicians from Mexico City Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Mexico) for the State of Mexico Institutional Revolutionary Party politicians Secretaries of labor of Mexico Secretaries of the interior of Mexico Survivors of aviation accidents or incidents Deputies of the LXI Legislature of Mexico {{Mexico-deputy-InstitutionalRevolutionary-1960s-stub