Overview
- Protección Civil reported finding no gold at the Las Palmas crash site after an on‑scene inspection.
- Authorities confirmed the deaths of the aircraft captain and a Cometra security guard, while three people listed in a flight log remain unaccounted for.
- Federal prosecutors are coordinating with the civil aviation authority AFAC as investigators examine technical causes and possible criminal theft.
- State and federal lines of inquiry include human error, mechanical failure, or that the helicopter was brought down to seize the cargo.
- Reports identify the aircraft as an Airbus EC130B4 (XA-QST) allegedly carrying roughly 300 kilograms of gold from the La/Media Luna mine toward Mexico City for onward transport to Canada, a provenance that has not been independently verified.