Overview
- Mexico’s Navy confirmed its King Air ANX 1209 left Mérida for Galveston and went down near Galveston Bay with eight aboard, leaving six dead and two injured.
- The victims include two-year-old Federico, who was being transferred for specialized burn care at Shriners Hospital for Children, and physician Juan Alfonso Adame González.
- Federico’s mother, Julia Cruz Vera, survived the crash and is hospitalized in stable condition with fractures, according to family accounts.
- Father Edwuar de la Cruz Ramírez Franco received a humanitarian visa to travel to the United States to recover his son’s body and repatriate his wife, as local vendors launch a fundraising drive for expenses.
- The FAA and NTSB are handling rescue, search, and the investigation, while the family alleges they had to drive the child nearly 300 km to Mérida after being unable to secure an affordable Red Cross ambulance in Escárcega.