Yeison Jiménez, his team, killed in plane crash
The crash killed six people including Jiménez and his team while traveling for a performance, with an investigation underway into a possible runway overrun.
- On Jan. 10, Colombian singer/songwriter Yeison Jiménez and five team members died in a plane crash en route to Medellín, Colombia's Special Administrative Unit of Civil Aeronautics announced.
- Video shown on Colombian news captured the takeoff and people shouting `it's run out of runway`, while investigators have opened a probe and officials have not given a cause.
- Six people on board were killed, including manager Jefferson Osorio, Juan Manuel Rodríguez, Óscar Marín, Weisman Mora and pilot Hernando Torres; Jiménez, 34, left a wife and three children.
- The singer's organization posted on Instagram that it deeply regrets his death, and Colombian fans and the música popular community said his death shocked Colombia.
- In 2024 Jiménez sold out Bogotá's Movistar Arena three times, drawing more than 40,000 fans, and had a second El Campín show scheduled for March 28, underscoring his recent prominence in música popular.
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