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Executive Jet Crashes Near Toluca Airport, Triggering Major Emergency Response

Flight records point to a Cessna Citation III from Acapulco, pending official confirmation.

Overview

  • The aircraft went down around midday in San Pedro Totoltepec at Industria Automotriz and Boulevard Miguel Alemán, near a football field and industrial warehouses.
  • Authorities reported a large post-impact fire with a dense column of black smoke visible across the area, and they urged the public to avoid the site.
  • Firefighters from Toluca, Metepec, and San Mateo Atenco, along with state emergency services, the Red Cross, SSEM, and Protección Civil, are working the scene.
  • Media and flight-history services identify the jet as a Cessna Citation III, registration XA-PRO, that departed Acapulco bound for Toluca.
  • Preliminary reports mention multiple fatalities, but officials have not released a passenger count or confirmed casualty numbers.