13 occupants of a plane returning from Canelo's fight are killed

A private plane from the American city of Las Vegas, with three crew members and ten pbadengers, crashed this weekend in northern Mexico and apparently there is no no survivors, said the Mexican authorities yesterday.

The plane crash was located yesterday during an aerial reconnaissance in a remote mountainous area of ​​the municipality of Ocampo, in the state of Coahuila, the government announced. that state in a statement.

"There are no survivors," the statement said.

The staff of the Public Security Secretariat and the Prosecutor's Office visited the site. The cause of the accident is still under investigation. The aircraft left Las Vegas on Sunday afternoon and was estimated to arrive hours later in Monterrey, but never arrived, resulting in the search. The air traffic controllers lost contact with the aircraft as they flew over Coahuila.

The authorities did not reveal the identity of the persons on board. The local press reported that the pbadengers were returning from a weekend, which included their participation in the fight for the world championship of Mexican Saul "Canelo" Alvarez.

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation has refused to provide more information.

The device was registered with the company TVPX, whose registered office was located in the US state of Utah, insurance company, customs and fiduciary. The company refused to say who operated the aircraft.