Overview

• The aircraft went down Friday afternoon near kilometer 70 of the Reynosa–San Fernando road, with the wreckage in a sorghum field by the ejido Doroteo Arango area reported in early accounts.
• Authorities and local media identified the deceased pilot as Gilberto Solís and the hospitalized passenger as José Armando Cantú Barragán, a businessman and brother of former Reynosa mayor Serapio Cantú.
• The plane, reported as a Cessna 210, had departed Reynosa bound for Poza Rica, Veracruz, before the crash.
• Preliminary versions point to a mechanical issue as the aircraft flew near the Doroteo Arango wind farm, though the official cause remains under investigation.
• Guardia Nacional, SEDENA, Guardia Estatal, Protección Civil, and aviation authorities secured the scene, with the federal aviation agency and the state Fiscalía leading the inquiry.