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Telemundo Latin America news roundup January 2, 2012

Telemundo Latin America news roundup – January 2, 2013

By NBCLatino Staff

The latest Latin America news in under 59 seconds. Venezuela’s Vice President Nicolás Maduro returns today from a visit to ailing President Hugo … Read More

Several of the victims who died in the Dec. 9 plane crash alongside singer Jenni Rivera are now being represented in a lawsuit.

Jenni Rivera memorial: Touching tribute by family and fans

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Paper butterflies showered a teary-eyed audience and tunes that Jenni Rivera made famous were sung by family and friends. And while Jenni Rivera’s hit … Read More

This plane arrived last night carrying the remains of singer Jenni Rivera in Long Beach, Calif.. (Photo courtesy www.nbclosangeles.com)

Jenni Rivera’s remains back home in Long Beach Calif.

By Associated Press

LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Jenni Rivera, the Mexican superstar killed in a weekend plane crash, has made her final journey home. Three brothers of Rivera, a … Read More

Rescue teams and Federal Police search for the plane where Singer Jenni Rivera was traveling on December 10, 2012 in Nuevo Leon, Mexico. (Photo by David Martínez /Clasos.com/LatinContent/Getty Images)

Owner of Rivera plane being investigated by DEA

By Brian Skoloff, Associated Press

PHOENIX (AP) -- The company that owns a luxury jet that crashed and killed Mexican pop superstar Jenni Rivera is under investigation by the U.S. Drug … Read More

A rescue helicopter with members of the Mexican General Civil Aeronautic Directorate (DGAC) stand on top of the hill right next to the canyon where U.S.-born singer Jenni Rivera's jet crashed near the town of Iturbude, Mexico, Dec. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Hans Maximo Musielik)

Police arrested in thefts from Rivera crash site

By Associated Press

MONTERREY, Mexico — Officials say two state police officers have been arrested on suspicion of stealing unspecified items from the scene of the plane crash … Read More

General view of the area where the plane where the mexican singer Jenni Rivera was flying crashed, close to the Tejocote Ranch, on December 09, 2012 in Monterrey, Mexico. (Photo by David Martinez/Clasos.com/LatinContent/Getty Images)

Mexican official: Jenni Rivera’s plane nose-dived from 28,000 feet

By Associated Press

MEXICO CITY — The plane carrying Mexican-American music superstar Jenni Rivera plunged almost vertically from more than 28,000 feet and hit the ground in a … Read More

Forensic Medical Service staff move the remains of singer Jenni Rivera who died on December 09, 2012 in a plane crash near the ranch on Tejocote, in the town of Iturbide, Nuevo Leon on December 10, 2012 in Nuevo Leon, Mexico. (Photo by David Martinez/Clasos.com/LatinContent/Getty Images)

Mexico tests DNA from Jenni Rivera plane crash

By Porfirio Ibarra Ramirez and E.J. Tamara, Associated Press

MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — Mexican authorities were performing DNA tests Tuesday on remains believed to belong to Mexican-American music superstar Jenni Rivera … Read More

This April 25, 2012 photo released by Telemundo shows Latin singer Jenni Rivera rehearsing for the 2012 Billboard Latin Music Awards, at the Bank United Center in Coral Gables, Fla.

Texans remember Jenni Rivera’s music and big heart

By Michael Lopez, KVEO McAllen, Texas

It was a somber scene Monday at a local music store in McAllen, as store employees and fans remember banda and norteno singer Jenni Rivera. Rivera along with … Read More

A fan of Jenny Rivera lights a candle at the Basilica of Guadalupe in the city of Monterrey, Mexico, Monday Dec. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Hans Maximo Musielik)

Investigators study Mexico crash that took Jenni Rivera

By E.J. Tamara and Natalia Cano, Associated Press

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Tearful fans set up candlelight shrines and memorials to Jenni Rivera from California to Mexico, as investigators said it would take days to … Read More

A rescue helicopter with members of the Mexican General Civil Aeronautic Directorate (DGAC) stand on top of the hill right next to the canyon where U.S.-born singer Jenni Rivera's jet crashed near the town of Iturbude, Mexico, Dec. 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Hans Maximo Musielik)

NTSB confirms singer Jenni Rivera died in plane crash

By Porfirio Ibarra and Galia Garcia-Palafox, Associated Press

MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — U.S. authorities confirmed Monday that Jenni Rivera, a U.S.-born singer whose soulful voice and openness about her personal troubles … Read More