Jenni Rivera. Photo Reuters
Mexican-American singer Jenni Rivera died in a plane
crash after the small jet she was travelling in went down in
northern Mexico, her father said.
A spokesman for the state government of Nuevo Leon said
investigators had found the remains of Rivera's Learjet,
which disappeared from the radar 100km from the northern city
of Monterrey about 3:30am on Sunday (local time).
Speaking after the wreckage was discovered, the singer's
father, Pedro Rivera, told Telemundo television all seven of
the people on board the plane, including two pilots, had
died.
"Everyone was lost," Rivera said, flanked by two sons.
Investigators are still searching the crash site in the
municipality of Iturbide, south of Monterrey. The
transportation and communications ministry said the wreckage
was strewn so far and wide that it was hard to recognize
anything.
It was not clear what caused the crash.
Rivera, 43, was heading for the city of Toluca in central
Mexico after a concert in Monterrey on Saturday night.
Born in Long Beach, California, to Mexican immigrants, Rivera
sold some 15 million records in her career, won several
awards and received Grammy nominations, her website said.
A mother of five, Rivera was a renowned performer of the
Nortena and Banda musical styles.
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