MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican-American singer Jenni Rivera is missing after the plane she was travel ling in disappeared shortly after leaving the northern Mexican city of Monterrey early on Sunday.
The Mexican transportation and communications ministry said Rivera's Learjet went off the radar about 62 miles from Monterrey after taking off at 3:15 a.m. local time/0900 GMT.
Rivera was heading
for the city of Toluca in central Mexico after a concert in Monterrey on
Saturday night. The singer, two pilots and four other passengers are
all missing, the ministry said. A search is continuing for the aircraft.
Born in Long Beach,
California, to Mexican immigrant parents, Rivera has sold some 15
million records in her career and won several awards and Grammy
nominations, her website said.
A mother of five
renowned as an exponent of the Nortena and banda musical styles, Rivera
turned 43 in July, according to Mexican media reports.
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