Overview

• Protección Civil confirmed the deaths of Débora Estrella and pilot Bryan Ballesteros Argueta after a plane went down around 18:50 on September 20 in Parque Industrial Ciudad Mitras, García.
• Emergency teams secured the Laderas/Riveras Interpuerto area near the Río Pesquería, applied fire retardant, and began recovery operations, with extraction maneuvers reported around 3:00 a.m.
• Multiple agencies responded, including Protección Civil (state and municipal), Bomberos, Policía Municipal, Fiscalía/Periciales, Agencia Estatal de Investigaciones, the federal aviation authority, SEDENA, and the Guardia Nacional.
• Witness accounts of aerial maneuvers are being evaluated as part of the investigation, which has not determined an official cause.
• Media reports describe the aircraft as a Cessna 150M with registration XB-BGH linked to a flight school, a detail pending verification; no ground injuries were reported as colleagues and state officials issued public condolences, and Estrella had earlier posted an Instagram story showing the plane at Aeropuerto Internacional del Norte.