Plane believed to be carrying singer Jenni Rivera found

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By NBC News and news servicesJim Urquhart / Reuters fileSinger Jenni Rivera, seen here during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, in January, was abaord a plane that went missing shortly after leaving the northern Mexican city of Monterrey early Sunday.Updated 7:05 p.m. ET: The wreckage of a plane believed to be carrying Mexican-American singer Jenni Rivera and six others 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 is not recognizable, but the evidence suggests it was the aircraft carrying the singer, Telemundo reported.

Officials 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.




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