A small plane, was heading for Arizona, crashed in the northern Mexico border state of Sonora on Saturday, killing six people and injuring another, authorities stated.
The plane had taken off from the city of Hermosillo in Sonora on a flight to Tucson, Arizona. The crash occurred shortly after takeoff.
Sonora’s state government economic development official Leonardo Ciscomani was one of those who died in the crash. Additionally, the pilot was among the dead.
The state prosecutors' office said the cause of the crash was under investigation without mentioning any further details.