Mexican-American singer Jenni Rivera is believed to have died Sunday in a plane crash in Mexico that left no survivors, HuffPost Voces reports.
Minutes after taking off from the northern city of Monterrey on its way to Toluca, the plane disappeared.
Two members of Rivera's family told HuffPost Voces the plane had crashed, leaving no survivors. Mexico's Director of Civil Aviation Alejandro Argudín confirmed that Rivera is believed to be dead, according to El Universal.
"The aircraft was left completely destroyed," Argudín said, according to El Universal. "The information we have is that there wasn't a single survivor."
HuffPost Voces contacted Jenni Rivera’s brother Juan, who said the plane had been missing since only a few minutes after taking off at 3:15 a.m. Sunday.
The plane "was scheduled to arrive in Toluca at four thirty in the morning, where there was no record of flight", reports El Universal. "They began the corresponding search protocol at 4:40 with the help of two helicopters and an airplane," said the statement from the SCT.
At least five people were traveling in the plane: the pilots, Miguel Pérez and Alejandro Torres, and three more passengers: the singer, her publicist Arturo Rivera, and her makeup artist. Before her flight, Rivera had played a concert in Monterrey and went to her hotel before boarding the plane, a Learjet 25 with U.S. registration.
This is a developing story.