FROM THE ARCHIVE
Mexican Priest dies in plane crash
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APRIL 11, 2001

Father Francisco Chavez Acosta plane crashed in the mountain state of Chihuahua on Sunday night.

Acosta was a defender of the rights of the Tarahumara and Tepehuan Indians in the state. He had just flown Xochitl Galvez, Mexico's first Indigenous Affairs director, to the state the same day.

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Popular priest who served Indians dies in Mexican plane crash (AP 4/11)