13 people killed in Mexico private jet crash

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The plane's crash site was in a mountainous area of the state of Coahuila and found using aerial sighting, the Public Security Secretary for Coahuila said. At least 10 passengers and three crew members listed on the flight plan are presumed dead.

Mexican media reported that the passengers had been to a boxing match between Mexican boxer Saul “Canelo” Alvarez and U.S. fighter Daniel Jacobs in Las Vegas on May 4th 2019.

The wreckage of the plane was discovered in a remote mountainous zone in the municipality of Ocampo, the Coahuila state government said. 

Local TV networks broadcast a picture which appeared to show the burnt remnants of the plane, broken into pieces and spread over charred earth.

In a statement, Canadian manufacturer Bombardier Inc. confirmed the aircraft involved was a Challenger 601 and said the plane had gone missing about 150 nautical miles from the northern Mexican city of Monclova.

The company expressed its condolences to the victims and said it had contacted Canada's transportation safety board and would work with the investigating authorities./.