Culiacán Plane Crash: 4 Dead Reportedly Friends of "Los Chapitos"

Yaqui for Borderland Beat from: La Verdad

     A small plane fell on a house north of Culiacán, Sinaloa ; there are four deaths reported so far.

According to information published by the newspaper El Debate, a Cessna-type plane suffered a mechanical failure and crashed onto  the roof of a house in Rinconada Virreyes street, in the Rincón Real subdivision.

According to eyewitness accounts, the aircraft gradually lost altitude, to the point where it crashed into the house in the Rincón Real subdivision, in Santa Fe, Culiacán, Sinaloa.  The plane took off from the Aerodomo in Culiacán and only lasted o7 minutes in the air. At 16:52 it collapsed on the house.

According to reports, the pilot reported a mechanical failure to the control tower within minutes of taking off.

The four crew members of the plane died, while two people who were inside the house were injured and were taken to a hospital, according to El Debate. According to witnesses cited by this means, before collapsing the aircraft was flying very low and when trying to rise it hit high voltage cables.

Inside were a mother and her two children, who suffered minor to moderate injuries, they were treated and released at the local hospital.   VIDEO and STRONG images below :

Victims in the plane have now have been identified:

The pilot of the plane was a young man named Domingo "Mingo" Israel, 23 yrs of age, originally from the Municipality of Badriguato but with a residence in Culiacán. He was accompanied by Catarino, 33, originally from Culiacán, Everardo 30, from Nogales, Sonora, and Karim Faisal Lopéz , 27 years of age, and son of the former Governor of Veracruz in the nineties, Jose Luis Faisal Serrano.

According to information from the newspaper La Opinión , Karim Faisal was traveling as co-pilot of the white Cessna airplane with red, license plate XB-NGU at the time of its fall. Narco corrido music could be heard coming from the plane.

The four are rumored to be friends of "Los Chapitos".

Later it was learned that the plane belonged to the Aerocalafia line , an aerial taxi service, which covers the route between Culiacán and the cities of Durango, La Paz, Los Cabos, among others. 

The Secretariat of Public Safety and Municipal Transit of Culiacán reported that it activated the aid protocols and supported with elements of the municipal police and civil protection directorate.

Neighbors gave notice to the authorities and to the place, dozens of elements arrived from different security corporations, to protect the area and help the people involved in the tragic accident. Paramedics also showed up, who provided medical attention in the place, to the woman and to the minor.

According to the authorities, the reason that caused the collapse of the aircraft is unknown. The security elements, already investigate and are in place. The health status of the people who were injured is not known exactly.

According to the witness, near the place of the accident is a hacienda of the children of "El Chapo",  a place where a party was going to be held in a few days.

The witness in his testimony assured that the area where the accident occurred was quickly secured, even elements of the Army arrived in the area, however; also in the place there was presence of "heavy people", making reference to capos.

Cessna 206, with registration number XB-NGU, which crashed yesterday in a subdivision of Culiacán,  Sinaloa  could be owned by the children of Joaquín  "El Chapo"  Guzmán. 

According to information obtained by the journalist Humberto Padgett in the "Ciro Gómez por la Mañana" program of Grupo Fórmula, a neighbor of the area reported that the  aircraft  was owned by  "Los Chapitos" , sons of the leader of the Sinaloa Cartel ie "El Chapo" Guzman Loera .

The plane crash, according to the neighbor was because the plane was in poor condition, despite this; friends of " Los Chapitos"  would have decided to fly it "pulling the roll", in the area of ​​the division. According to the witness, near the place of the accident is a hacienda of the children of " El Chapo",  place where a party was going to be held in a few days.

            

           ( Note the guy the police are "escorting away" who gets into it with them across the street )

The witness in his testimony assured that the area where the accident occurred was quickly secured, even elements of the Army arrived in the area, however; also in the place there was presence of "heavy people", making reference to capos. According to reporter Humberto Padgett, the plane already had been flying low for days  in the area; even the plates of the plane have plates for private flight.