Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has confirmed that Puebla State Governor Martha Erika Alonso was killed in a helicopter crash on Monday.

Axar.az reports citing foreign media.

"I personally express my deepest condolences to the family of senator Rafael Moreno Valle and his wife, Puebla State Governor Martha Erika Alonso," the president wrote on his Twitter account. "As an official, I undertake to investigate what happened, to tell the truth about this, and to act in accordance with this," he added.

The helicopter with Alonso and Valle on board crashed near the Puebla City. No information about the cause of the crash is available at the moment.