MUMBAI: Mexican-American star singer Jenni Rivera died in a plane crash in northern Mexico on Sunday. Authorities said there were no survivors.
The ruins of the Lear Jet, which was carrying six other people, was found by farmers in the state of Nuevo Leon hours after it had taken off from Monterrey on its way to Toluca, in the center of Mexico, authorities said.
Rivera was a Californian of Mexican origin, best known for her music in genres known as Banda and Norteno.
Rivera sold 15 million records, and recently won two Billboard Mexican Music Awards: Female Artist of the Year and Banda Album of the Year for “Joyas prestadas: Banda.” She was nominated for Latin Grammys in 2002, 2008 and 2011.
Her 2011 video for her song “Basta Ya” (Spanish for “Enough’s Enough”) has been viewed nearly five million times.
43-year-old mother of five children and grandmother of two, the woman known as the “Diva de la Banda” was known for her frank talk about her struggles to give a good life to her children despite a series of setbacks. She was recently divorced from her third husband.