Mexican-American singer Jenni Rivera is believed to have been killed when a plane came down in northern Mexico after a concert.
Mexcian-American singing superstar Jenni Rivera is feared to have died in a plane crash after wreckage was found with no survivors.
Rivera, who was born in California to Mexican parents, has sold more than 15 million records and has huge numbers of fans on both sides of the border.
The wreckage of the small aircraft in which she is believed to have been travelling hours after a concert was discovered in northern Mexico on Sunday.
Officials said "everything points toward" it being the US-registered Learjet 25 carrying Rivera and six other people to Toluca, outside Mexico City, from Monterrey.
The plane had gone missing shortly after take-off on Sunday morning.
The impact was so powerful that the remains of the plane "are almost unrecognisable", officials said.
Also on board were Rivera's publicist, lawyer, make-up artist and the flight crew.
The 43-year-old - a judge in TV show La Voz (The Voice) - has come to be one of the biggest stars of the Mexican regional style known as grupero music, which is influenced by the norteno, cumbia and ranchero styles.
She recently won two Billboard Mexican Music Awards: Female Artist of the Year and Banda Album of the Year for Joyas prestadas: Banda.
She has also been nominated various times for Latin Grammys.
Rivera, a mother of five and grandmother of two, performed in front of thousands of fans in Monterrey on Saturday night.
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Mexcian-American singing superstar Jenni Rivera is feared to have died in a plane crash after wreckage was found with no survivors.
Rivera, who was born in California to Mexican parents, has sold more than 15 million records and has huge numbers of fans on both sides of the border.
The wreckage of the small aircraft in which she is believed to have been travelling hours after a concert was discovered in northern Mexico on Sunday.
Officials said "everything points toward" it being the US-registered Learjet 25 carrying Rivera and six other people to Toluca, outside Mexico City, from Monterrey.
The plane had gone missing shortly after take-off on Sunday morning.
The impact was so powerful that the remains of the plane "are almost unrecognisable", officials said.
Also on board were Rivera's publicist, lawyer, make-up artist and the flight crew.
The 43-year-old - a judge in TV show La Voz (The Voice) - has come to be one of the biggest stars of the Mexican regional style known as grupero music, which is influenced by the norteno, cumbia and ranchero styles.
She recently won two Billboard Mexican Music Awards: Female Artist of the Year and Banda Album of the Year for Joyas prestadas: Banda.
She has also been nominated various times for Latin Grammys.
Rivera, a mother of five and grandmother of two, performed in front of thousands of fans in Monterrey on Saturday night.
[video=youtube;Tr8K7c17q3c]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr8K7c17q3c[/video]