Investigators study Mexico crash that took singer Jenni Rivera
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Mexican-American singer Jenni Rivera was remembered in south Phoenix after her Learjet crashed on Dec 9 in the mountains outside Monterrey, Mexico. The singer, who is presumed dead, was remembered for her support of Latinos in Arizona -- PHOTO: DEMOTIX
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Mexican-American singer Jenni Rivera was remembered in south Phoenix after her Learjet crashed on Dec 9 in the mountains outside Monterrey, Mexico. The singer, who is presumed dead, was remembered for her support of Latinos in Arizona -- PHOTO: DEMOTIX
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Mexican-American singer Jenni Rivera was remembered in south Phoenix after her Learjet crashed on Dec 9 in the mountains outside Monterrey, Mexico. The singer, who is presumed dead, was remembered for her support of Latinos in Arizona. -- PHOTO: DEMOTIX
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Signs of support, photos and candles that were placed by fans of US-born singer Jenni Rivera stand at the gates of the Arena Monterrey, where Jenni Rivera held her last concert in Monterrey, Mexico, on Monday, Dec 10, 2012. US authorities confirmed on Monday that Rivera, a US-born singer whose soulful voice and openness about her personal troubles made her a Mexican-American superstar, was killed in a plane crash early on Sunday in northern Mexico. -- PHOTO: AP
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A fan of Jenny Rivera lights a candle at the Basilica of Guadalupe in the city of Monterrey, Mexico, on Monday Dec 10, 2012. US authorities confirmed on Monday that Rivera, a US-born singer whose soulful voice and openness about her personal troubles made her a Mexican-American superstar, was killed in a plane crash early Sunday in northern Mexico. -- PHOTO: AP
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Maria Estrad (right) and Evelyn Renteria hold candles at a vigil for singer Jenni Rivera at the Long Beach Lesbian and Gay Pride office in her hometown of Long Beach, California, Dec 10, 2012. Mexican-American singer Rivera died in a plane crash after the small jet she was travelling in went down in northern Mexico, her father said on Sunday. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A candle with a photo of Jenni Rivera is seen outside Arena Center in Monterrey, Dec 10, 2012. Rivera died in a plane crash after the small jet she was travelling in went down in northern Mexico, her father said on Sunday. A spokesman for the state government of Nuevo Leon said investigators had found the remains of Rivera's Learjet, which disappeared from the radar 62 miles (100km) from the northern city of Monterrey. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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A woman lights a candle for Jenni Rivera outside Arena Centre in Monterrey, Dec 10, 2012. Rivera died in a plane crash after the small jet she was travelling in went down in northern Mexico, her father said on Sunday. A spokesman for the state government of Nuevo Leon said investigators had found the remains of Rivera's Learjet, which disappeared from the radar 62 miles (100km) from the northern city of Monterrey. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Photos and flowers honouring late singer Jenni Rivera, placed by fans next to religious images, are seen at the cemetery where her mother is buried in Hermosillo, northern Mexico, on Monday, Dec 10, 2012. US authorities confirmed on Monday that Rivera, a US-born singer whose soulful voice and openness about her personal troubles made her a Mexican-American superstar, was killed in a plane crash early Sunday in northern Mexico. -- PHOTO: AP
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Candles are placed at a makeshift shrine mourning the death of Mexican-American diva Jenni Rivera in front of her home in Lakewood, California on Dec 10, 2012, south of Los Angeles. Fans and celebrities are mourning the death of Rivera, a star on both sides of the border, as investigators scoured the site of her plane wreck for clues. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Candles lit for Jenni Rivera stand among other candles for the Virgin of Guadalupe with a sign reading "Jenni Rivera, rest in peace". -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Fans grieve at a memorial of flowers, candles, balloons and notes to the late Mexican-American singing superstar Jenni Rivera, Dec 10, 2012 in Burbank, California. -- PHOTO: AFP
Mexican-American singer Jenni Rivera was remembered in south Phoenix after her Learjet crashed on Dec 9 in the mountains outside Monterrey, Mexico. The singer, who is presumed dead, was remembered for her support of Latinos in Arizona -- PHOTO: DEMOTIX
Mexican-American singer Jenni Rivera was remembered in south Phoenix after her Learjet crashed on Dec 9 in the mountains outside Monterrey, Mexico. The singer, who is presumed dead, was remembered for her support of Latinos in Arizona -- PHOTO: DEMOTIX
Mexican-American singer Jenni Rivera was remembered in south Phoenix after her Learjet crashed on Dec 9 in the mountains outside Monterrey, Mexico. The singer, who is presumed dead, was remembered for her support of Latinos in Arizona. -- PHOTO: DEMOTIX
Signs of support, photos and candles that were placed by fans of US-born singer Jenni Rivera stand at the gates of the Arena Monterrey, where Jenni Rivera held her last concert in Monterrey, Mexico, on Monday, Dec 10, 2012. US authorities confirmed on Monday that Rivera, a US-born singer whose soulful voice and openness about her personal troubles made her a Mexican-American superstar, was killed in a plane crash early on Sunday in northern Mexico. -- PHOTO: AP
A fan of Jenny Rivera lights a candle at the Basilica of Guadalupe in the city of Monterrey, Mexico, on Monday Dec 10, 2012. US authorities confirmed on Monday that Rivera, a US-born singer whose soulful voice and openness about her personal troubles made her a Mexican-American superstar, was killed in a plane crash early Sunday in northern Mexico. -- PHOTO: AP
Maria Estrad (right) and Evelyn Renteria hold candles at a vigil for singer Jenni Rivera at the Long Beach Lesbian and Gay Pride office in her hometown of Long Beach, California, Dec 10, 2012. Mexican-American singer Rivera died in a plane crash after the small jet she was travelling in went down in northern Mexico, her father said on Sunday. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A candle with a photo of Jenni Rivera is seen outside Arena Center in Monterrey, Dec 10, 2012. Rivera died in a plane crash after the small jet she was travelling in went down in northern Mexico, her father said on Sunday. A spokesman for the state government of Nuevo Leon said investigators had found the remains of Rivera's Learjet, which disappeared from the radar 62 miles (100km) from the northern city of Monterrey. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
A woman lights a candle for Jenni Rivera outside Arena Centre in Monterrey, Dec 10, 2012. Rivera died in a plane crash after the small jet she was travelling in went down in northern Mexico, her father said on Sunday. A spokesman for the state government of Nuevo Leon said investigators had found the remains of Rivera's Learjet, which disappeared from the radar 62 miles (100km) from the northern city of Monterrey. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Photos and flowers honouring late singer Jenni Rivera, placed by fans next to religious images, are seen at the cemetery where her mother is buried in Hermosillo, northern Mexico, on Monday, Dec 10, 2012. US authorities confirmed on Monday that Rivera, a US-born singer whose soulful voice and openness about her personal troubles made her a Mexican-American superstar, was killed in a plane crash early Sunday in northern Mexico. -- PHOTO: AP
Candles are placed at a makeshift shrine mourning the death of Mexican-American diva Jenni Rivera in front of her home in Lakewood, California on Dec 10, 2012, south of Los Angeles. Fans and celebrities are mourning the death of Rivera, a star on both sides of the border, as investigators scoured the site of her plane wreck for clues. -- PHOTO: AFP
Candles lit for Jenni Rivera stand among other candles for the Virgin of Guadalupe with a sign reading "Jenni Rivera, rest in peace". -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Fans grieve at a memorial of flowers, candles, balloons and notes to the late Mexican-American singing superstar Jenni Rivera, Dec 10, 2012 in Burbank, California. -- PHOTO: AFP
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Tearful fans set up candlelight shrines and memorials to Jenni Rivera from California to Mexico, as investigators said it would take days to piece together the wreckage of the plane carrying the Mexican-American music superstar and find out why it went down.
Authorities, meanwhile, began looking into the history of the plane's owner, Starwood Management of Las Vegas, which had another one of its planes seized by the United States (US) Drug Enforcement Administration in McAllen, Texas in September.
The US National Transportation Safety Board said it was sending a team to help investigate the crash of the Learjet 25, which disintegrated on impact on Sunday with seven people aboard in rugged terrain in Nuevo Leon state in northern Mexico.
Mr Alejandro Argudin, of Mexico's civil aviation agency, said it would take at least 10 days to have a preliminary report on what happened to the plane.
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