Mexican authorities are currently performing DNA tests on the remains that are strongly believed to be that of Mexican-American music sensation Jenni Rivera, who was killed along with six others in a northern Mexico plane crash.

The human remains had been transported to a Monterrey hospital, which is the nearest city to the crash site.

A state official, who spoke anonymously due to the ongoing investigation, said that the DNA taken was being tested so that the families of the victims could receive proper confirmation on their identities.

Alejandro Argudin, who represents Mexico's civil aviation agency, stated that it would take a minimum of ten days for a preliminary report to be available regarding further details on the course of events.

Rivera's brother Lupillo had been driven to the place that the singer's remains were being stored. However, he made no comments to the reporters.

Authorities initially began their investigation on the tragedy by looking into the history of Starwood Management of Las Vegas, which is the plane's owner.  Interesting to note, another one of its airplanes had been seized in September by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration in McAllen, Texas.

The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board stated that it would send a team to aid with the investigation of the Learjet 25's fatal crash. The plane reportedly disintegrated on impact while the seven individuals were still on board amid the northern Mexico terrain in Nuevo Leon state.

Investigators stated that it would take days to put the pieces of the plane's wreckage back together and figure out what went wrong on the flight.

44-year-old Rivera was an internationally known artist as well as a TV standout. She had owned a house in Norco and was also a regular performer at Inland Southern California venues in the U.S.

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