At his residence of los pinos on wednesday evening , mexican president vicente fox announced the deaths of huerta , federal police commander tomas valencia and several other top officials in the crash of the helicopter that took them from mexico city to the high - security prison of la palma , in mexico state 墨西哥总统福克斯21日说,墨联邦政府公共安全部长拉蒙马丁韦尔塔乘坐的直升机当天中午在墨西哥中部墨西哥州上空坠毁,包括韦尔塔在内的9人全部遇难。