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Federal authorities inspect the site of the plane crash in El Tejote locality, Nuevo Leon State, Mexico, where Mexican-American singer Jenni Rivera along with six other people died as they were travelling from Monterrey, in northern Mexico, to Mexico City.
Updated 11:05 p.m. ET: Mexican-American singer Jenni Rivera died in a plane crash Saturday night, her father and brother confirmed on Telemundo.
"She never gave up and she was good to everyone," said her father, Pedro, about his daughter’s legacy outside of his home in Lakewood, Calif.
The wreckage of the plane was found Sunday in northern Mexico with no apparent survivors, authorities said.
The wreckage was found in the Ejido La Colorada, Municipality of Nuevo Leon. Gerardo Ruiz Esparza, secretary of communications and transport, said that the plane was not recognizable, but the evidence suggested it was the aircraft carrying the singer, Telemundo reported.
NBC Latino obituary: Jenni River dies at 43
Jim Urquhart / Reuters file
Singer Jenni Rivera, seen here during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, in January, was aboard a plane that went missing shortly after leaving the northern Mexican city of Monterrey early Sunday.
Officials said Rivera's Learjet went off the radar about 62 miles from Monterrey after taking off at 3:15 a.m. local time.
The National Transportation Safety Board dispatched investigators to assist the government of Mexico in its investigation of the crash.
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 were aboard, Mexican officials said.
Jorge Domene, spokesman for Nuevo Leon's government told Milenio television that civilian agency helicopters flew over the state searching for the plane. The missing included her publicist, lawyer, makeup artist and the flight crew, the ministry of transportation and communication said in a statement.
In a photo posted on her Twitter account on Friday, Jenni Rivera can be seen referencing her concert in Monterrey. In the photo she is seen holding up a sign with the words, "Nos Vemos este 7 en Colima, 8-en Monterrey. I love you!" Translation: "See you this 7th in Colima, 8 in Monterrey."
Born in Long Beach, Calif., to Mexican immigrant parents, Rivera has sold some 15 million records in her career and won several awards and Grammy nominations, her website said.
The 43-year-old mother of five is renowned as an exponent of the Nortena and banda regional musical styles.
AP
Jenni Rivera's driving license is seen of the ground at the crash site where a plane allegedly carrying Rivera crashed near Iturbide, Mexico, Dec. 9.
The so-called "Diva of the Banda" recently won two Billboard Mexican Music Awards: Female Artist of the Year and Banda Album of the Year for "Joyas prestadas: Banda." Her famous songs include "La Gran Senora" and "De Contrabando."
The singer, businesswoman and actress appeared in the movie "Filly Brown," as the incarcerated mother of Filly Brown, and has her own reality shows including "I Love Jenni" and "Jenni Rivera Presents: Chiquis and Raq-C" and her daughter's "Chiquis `n Control."
Rivera had given a concert before thousands of fans in Monterrey on Saturday night. After the concert she gave a press conference during which she spoke of her emotional state following her recent divorce from baseball player Esteban Loaiza.
"I can't get caught up in the negative because that destroys you. Perhaps trying to move away from my problems and focus on the positive is the best I can do. I am a woman like any other and ugly things happen to me like any other women," she said Saturday night, according to The Associated Press. "The number of times I have fallen down is the number of times I have gotten up."
A plane carrying Jenni Rivera, a popular singer from California, went missing in Mexico Saturday night. The 43-year-old mother of five is renowned for Nortena and banda music. NBC's Miguel Almaguer reports.
The mother and grandmother had announced in October that she was divorcing Loaiza after two years of marriage. It was her third marriage.
Rivera is the sister of Mexican singer Lupillo Rivera.
Celebrities tweeted about Rivera's disappearance.
"OMG! Just heard about @jennirivera Praying for her and her family during this difficult & uncertain time!" Gloria Estefan tweeted.
Reuters and The Associated Press contributed to this story.
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Prayers in hopes that she if found alive! :(
wire557
Apparently you are an A hole.
Apparently??
A loser who feels the need to comment regardless of how stupid it makes them look.
Never heard of her. Why is this big news?
Reminds me of La Bamba.
Well wire, if you don't give a $hit, why are you here?
The latest news is that the plane was found and that there were no survivors.Tragic for all aboard the plane's families.My deepest condolences.
RIP, Jenni.
What a shame. Such talent. RIP.
@ wire557
If your mother went down in a plane, I couldn't give a crap.
Live with it!!! Butt head!!
Such a wonderful singer lost. Please don't disrespect her or the individuals onboard with your negative comments. Do that somewhere else RIP
Never heard of her
People please. Someone has died. She had children. People who loved her. Show some respect and class. Your mother raised you better.
A lot of good singers have left the world over the years thanks to a airplane.
She never heard of you either js69. The difference is, she wouldn't take the time to make such an idiotic post about you.
Because people who don't have their heads up FOX New's *ss have heard of her, value her highly and do give a @!$%#. So why don't you wander off to your little girl's tea party with Bill O and Limbaugh and let us adults here talk about something we care about.
R.I.P. Lovely and talented Jenni.
Mr Binkie
I've never heard of her either but the fact that she was traveling in a Lear Jet tells me that quite a few have so there's a lesson here for you.
You are not the center of the universe like you seem to think you are, and yes this is news. I don't care how small your back yard is.
LMAO! La Bama - you are so crazy!
HP - it does not mean the lear jet was hers!!!! I also have not heard of her - but remember personal "possessions" can somtimes be very deceiving
here we go yet again.......honkies are evil !!!!!!
I wouldn't necessarily say that all honkeys are evil....but, I think I can safely say that most rednecks are narrow minded and stupid, as proven on these blog sites over and over. I have never heard of this woman before either, but an untimely death is nothing to laugh or sneer at....she certainly did nothing to deserve the contempt being shown by a few idiots on this site.
@douglas;
Are you sure your name is not George?
The right wing, moronic scum are feeling left out now that President Obama has kicked the ass of their pathetic presidential candidate. They need to vent somewhere and here they are, slobbering over their keyboards after a night of smoking Lucky Strikes and drinking cheap beer. The dregs of humanity.
wasnt she killed by her fan club president a few years ago in florida?
Huh? I don't watch Fox News and I speak Spanish... I NEVER heard of her until now!
Just because someone hasn't heard of her doesn't mean they are Republican or Teabaggers. A bit of a stretch don't you think!!!
Comments like this make ALL of us liberals look stupid!!!
Such disrespect. I venture to say that the only reason such hateful comments are put forward is the fact that she was Mexican-American. Rest in peace, Mrs. Rivera. To all the hateful poor excuses for human beings in here, I can only hope you will one day become civilized, although I wouldn't hold my breath.
Not many people buy a Lear jet..a used one (not old) cost around $10 million.
I think she rented this jet..cost around $2000 per hour ( for six passnger jet).
RIP Ms Rivera
I've never heard of her either. Feel bad for her family though.
Way to go Jay, you win....Couldn't wait to pull it, could you? I couldn't care less what she was. At the end of the day I got more important stuff on my plate. BFD!
I just stopped buy to see which maroon would the race card first...TTFN,
a Reveraderci.
That's arrivederci, @$$hole.
its a rivederci... listen and reward yourself...
Which is, by the way Italian. A vibrant entertainer goes missing and all the losers in life cannot wait to get their yayas off by making wildly inappropriate comments. Here's hoping against the odds that the plane is found and there are survivors. There is a lot of mountainous terrain along the route the plane would have been flying, so the chances are not good.
Interesting.... you use an Italian goodbye for a mexican.
I do believe, that Mr. John here was simply using her name in the phrase, hence the misspelling. However, he even spelled her name wrong as well so.....hmmmmm
Ha. That's a good one!!! A redneck trying to write in Italian.
Doesn't sound good. Prayers for all involved that they are found.
Sympathies to the families involved. 6 gone. It's very sad.
What is it about singers and plane crashes?
How awful. I hope they are found soon....
Hoping for the best results here for all aboard. Praying !
john-537378...Spell it right, idioto.
wow uncle sam, talking about spelling....
¡Dios Mío! ¿Quien Cargo de la Empresa Se hara anfitriona, Ahora? QUIEN SE y con mi Quedara precioso Abrigo de piel de leopardo? ¿Volver a Bajar de peso? Y Ser Bonita? Sí No parecia sin cerdo Gordo!
English please!
REBUS, as a favor, because the fun is lost in translation, and more fun back again:
"My! Who Charge of the company will host, now? WHO WILL BE and my lovely leopard fur coat? Go back to lose weight? And being pretty? Yes There seemed no fat pig!"
Translated again, because it gets better and better:
"I am, who will be in charge of the company headquarters, now? WHO WILL and my leopard fur coat charming? Lose weight again? And be nice Yes There seemed no fat pig!"
que
Quell
It still does not make any sense en Spanish or English... Can we try some other language?
It's a shame, she was a talented singer and mother of four kids. Hoping that she's ok. My prayers for her and all the people inside of the airplane. And by the way like the idiot of texas mormon, saying that pot make them land in Denmark. It's a shame that somebody has the nick name"Texas Mormon" and said such a stupid comment. Shame on you, I'm a mormon and I don't say that kind of vulgarities. People like you put a bad name to mormons. You are not a mormon, you are just a moron that didn't grow up, at least, mentally...
so would you say christians who think gay rights are a violation of god's law aren't christians, they're just morons? or how about muslims who think non-muslims are infidels?
he can be mormon and an ahole if he wants to be.
Even more amusing ALBERTO, is that you commented under my comment thread and knocked Texas Mormon.
Making her a great singer and mother of four kids doesn't make her great. Ask anyone who lives in Detroit. Sounds like she has a greater talent than singing. Ask anyone in Detroit (sorry for the redundancy).
It's even much less important what religion she, or you, are. But, you being a Mormon, your god can beat up everyone's god.
Ask anyone.
can't wait long enough to see HONKIES get exactly what they deserve!!!!!!
@douglas
And what would that be?
the second comin of JESUS CHRIST......They'd hang ,lynch ANYONE claimin' to be THE SON OF GOD!!!!!!!
The "honkies" deserve the second coming of christ? Who are "they"? I am cornfused.
The plane itself got scared because of that ugly music. Who wouldn't...
Wow, disrespecting people in death. I don't know this singer at all but wire557 just proves himself over and over again to be a worthless d-bag!
eeyore you can't argue with stupid, I feel bad for wire557 just making a fool of himself over, and over and over again :(
wire557: I ate tacos last night and just passed them--I am glad you are hungry, eat all you want.
How about "is missing"?
It's always considered missing when they don't want to admit that it either crashed into the side of a mountain or was shot down. Missing just sounds more hopeful.
Missing is when the aircraft has disappeared from RADAR, has not arrived at the destination listed on the filed flight plan, and has not contacted any airspace controllers.
Nissan, people know what missing means in terms of aircraft or maritime navigation.
Well from her pictures - she had a LOT of padding - I would have hoped it would have protected her in some way.
From a Germanic (American) who has been to Mexico and made many friends......you people are so full of hate that you have missed a very talented lady. May the God of your hatred have pity upon you......
Cowboy
Unbelievable how nasty some Americans can be in this day and age.
The Internet, since its mainstream beginnings, has always attracted trolls and angry people who have social flaws and other issues. They come from everywhere around the world, not just the U.S. Best just to ignore, if they offend.
The wreckage of the plane was found.
Wire, your comments are unfailingly moronic and lack any sense of compassion. I'm sure you're very proud of yourself. And, are you a 12-year-old girl? Every post of yours ends with "lol." Very erudite!
THER'S NO WAY!..........you're NOT a SHORT DICK HONKIE!!!!!!
@douglas;
Do you realize that you are hatin more than those that you think hate you?
You are actually fueling racism, is this your goal?
doesn't matter.... they'll continue to hate NO MATTER WHAT!!!!!!!! LET THE REVOLUTION BEGIN!!!!
Is it o.k for you to hate? You say it doesnt matter, yet you continue with your obvious hate of white people.
Seems to matter much to you. Unless you are just a troll.
Do you not see the hypocrisy here?
You see you seem more obsessed with color than most. Why does it have to be "white ass"? This proves my point you are more racist than those you rail against.
If you ever question the future of America, just read some of the responses on this or any blog. I swear, the average IQ of bloggers has got to be about 50.
Many are immature 12 year olds, who, when they cannot be controlled with meds, are confined to mommy's basement.
OR they hate you.
I think you may be giving them the benefit of the doubt with your assessment.
50? That's giving these people a lot of credit. But they are a VERY small portion of those out there. These hide behind a keyboard.
Texas Mormon banned, rereg of Texas Conservatism.
wire557 self-removed after a long string of trolling but probably would have earned a ban anyway. Terrible commenting.
Thank you Tyler. Wire seems to be way over the top.
Was this a News Vine self-deportation?
Sorry to inform all Jenni Rivera's fans that the plane wreckage has been found with no survivors onboard (authorities). There were seven (7) others onboard the plane. Aviation authorities lost contact with the plane after 10 minutes of takeoff. Jenni Rivera born and raised in California was only 43 yrs old. Her interpretation of Mexican music of nortena and banda will remind one and all of her talent. Condolences -the Rivera Family and families of others persihed in the plane crash. (http://www.rt.com/news/line/2012/12/10/#id41552)
This is so sad. She was in her prime with family, she has children who are in grief now. Truly, when anyone dies, to those who care, who are friends, family or even those who enjoyed the fine gift of this special one's talents from afar...have been touched by her spirit and felt some sadness at the loss of this good person who gave of herself to others, especially if suddenly being sacrificed in a sudden accident or violent ending which has cut short her lifespan.
This lady shined some light out to others in sharing her love of art, music and culture and she was able to make a living for herself and family in doing so. This must be respected. Why in the name of life, do those who are the peacemakers, messengers and healers have to so often be the ones who die so tragically when those who are evil are free to run around doing stupid and mean things to others and continue to get away with it? This is a very tragic event. How can people be so calloused and cold in such rude remarks? If it were you how would you feel? Remember the golden rule?
One wonders that there can be so many obnoxious and stupid comments, well, all will get closed down as inflammatory and the dishonor of others will get trolls that appear here nowhere but banned.
Our respectful condolences to the Rivera family and to the families of the others on the flight. One last thing, not much, but I had a friend who died mountain climbing many years ago. It was her favorite sport and she absolutely loved it, would never dream of stopping, always going for the next peak. I never forgot what was said at her funeral by her family who loved her so much... that if she had to go, at least she went while doing what she loved best. I will light a candle to Our Lady of Guadalupe for her tonight and suggest that other sisters in spirit do the same. Let there be Peace and Love as Jenni would want, for this fine mother in sharing her joy and music, was simply, as a performing artist, trying to make this world a little better of a place for those she loved.
her death has already been confirmed in mexico since 4pm pacific time.
ONE..of the thingsd I..and a growing group of americans ...hate about all national news now is..We hear the.....Bollywood crap!! Yes, A death is terrible. But ahh, a man died across the street from em last week..I saw no posting or national news headlines of that!! A LIF E IS A LIFE!!! just because you.her/she/they are a so called star..makes it no more significant.in the eyes//of whatever YOU believe in people!! Stop[ pushing this shi. on us media!! King james/ queen judia..who the F..cares? PLEASE!!! Thats why me and my family started watching only the PBS News 2 or 3 times weekly. Great news media..and we don't have to hear bout JZee and his baby's moma!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Off the meds again?
What cereal has the decoder ring to decipher this?
Do you even have a concept of what media reports on? Would you like to hear an obituary for every single human that died each day? They report on artists and celebrities because they are known and loved by many. If you don't care about this musician, why rant and rave and disrespect her memory here? If you can't say anything nice, shut the fck up.
BIGBOY, I'd be surprised if you really watch PBS news.
YOU ,others like created this wonderous SH_THOLE.NOW is the time to wollow in it!!!!!!
the moral of this story is: be famous and fly at your own risk and $$$$$$$$$ (versus regular folks that when flying fly under stricter FAA regulations that have to be followed) ........ sorry, it's the name of the game.
who !?
google it idiot
You wonder who and yet you post. Oh wait, you post not because you wonder who but because you're a jackass.
Very sad. I hope the family finds peace. Too many young stars have died in plane crashes over the years. Charter air services companies don't have to abide by many of the strict regulations (or don't) that the larger airlines do. I'm not sure what Mexico's FARs require. Very likely officials look the other way if money is transferred.
If she is in fact dead, then she's just one of about 160,000 people who today. She's no more and no less important than any of the others now. Either pray for all of them or none.
Who are you to tell people who and what to pray for? This is an article about a woman who died who had a large following of people who loved her. Have some respect and disappear.
43 year old plane that suffered substantial damage in 2005. Maybe the entertainment company should have spent a few bucks and upgraded. Why on earth is anyone still using planes from over 40 years ago except in air shows?
You have no clue what you're talking about. Get educated on the subject and then maybe you can make informed comments.
That is so sad, prayers for her family.
For all you self-righteous @!$%#s that feel that the world lost an icon, perhaps you need to put your emotions in check. Keep in mind while you mourn for the loss of this singer (one of many), an American SEAL (the BEST of the best) lost his life while rescuing a doctor from the Taliban:
MSNBC article
Just trying to keep it all in perspective. You weep for someone famous but what has that person done? Sang a song? WOW. This man walked in the face of danger and did what he did to save someone else's life. How many of you @!$%#s will weep tonight for the one that swore an oath to defend our Constitution even if it meant laying his life down?
That's what I thought. You all are a bunch of @!$%#ing hypocrites...
>:-\
Sit down, shut-up, and go back to playing your war video games.
o.o. it is sad when ANYONE dies too young. But, this is a thread about Jenni Rivera's death. Which is why that is what people are talking about.
As a former aviator, Nissan, you should know better...Unless you don't know what the phrase mutual support is? I wonder if you were that EP-3 pilot that landed their aircraft in China instead of splashing it in the South China Sea after that mid-air mishap. If so, you are a disgrace to the uniform and the National Security that was entrusted to you on that aircraft.
You want to be a Liberal hypocrite, be my guest; you reap what you sow. Thanks for standing up and bleating like the sheep that you are...
Go ahead; be the little girl in my default pic...
All I heard was "waa waa waa American, waa waa waa Taliban, waa waa waa Constitution" Enough said. NEXT!
o.o maybe you should do some research on this lady. She hasn't been on a battle field, but she sure has done alot of charity work and has donated a lot of money to children cancer research. She might not be a war veteran,but she sure is a hero on my book.
o.o. how about taking your thoughts to the thread about the Navy SEAL rather than bringing it here?
This is not the Navy Seal Thread (God Bless the Navy Seals).... I'm sorry you made a mistake and are on the wrong one.
If you use the search engine you can find where you should be in a hospital on meds in the correct thread about the Navy Seal.
RIP Jenni - you were the best!
For the death of a beautiful woman, with her talent and loving family, these are without a doubt the worst and disrespectful bunch of posts I've ever read on the Vine. I worry for us as a society. Maybe the Mayans are right.
Condolences to her family and friends. Travelling is one of the risks of being an entertainer. Very sad.
@ Freedom,
Thanks for a thoughtful post. Not many here. Good for you and your touch of humanity.