INTERNACIONAL
Skydivers’ plane kills Mexico beachgoer during emergency landing
A 62-year-old man has been killed on a beach in Mexico after a plane carrying four Canadian skydivers made an emergency landing there, officials say.
The aircraft landed on a populated area of Bacocho beach in the Pacific surfing town of Puerto Escondido on Sunday, Reuters reports, citing a statement from the Oaxaca civil defense office.
Officials say the victim’s wife, who was alongside him on the beach, was unharmed in the incident.
«To the family of the person who died, we will provide all the necessary support and accompany them in the face of their irreparable loss,» State Governor Salomon Jara wrote in a post on X, adding that resources were being mobilized to help those onboard the plane.
CALIFORNIA WOMAN SHOT DEAD IN MEXICAN RESORT TOWN POPULAR WITH AMERICANS
A first responder walks near the wreckage of a small plane that crashed at Bacocho beach in Puerto Escondido, Mexico, on Sunday. (Puerto Global/Handout via REUTERS)
Four Canadian skydivers between the ages of 35 and 60 were onboard the small plane, as well as a 40-year-old Mexican national, Reuters reports, citing officials.
The five were removed from the plane, received medical treatment and are now said to be in stable condition.
The cause of the emergency landing was not immediately clear.
Images taken from the scene show that the plane appeared to have hit a structure on the beach after coming to a halt on the sand.
MEXICAN AUTHORITIES REPORTEDLY SEIZE OVER 20 TONS OF METH IN SONORA STATE BUST
A person stands near the wreckage of the small plane in Puerto Escondido. (Puerto Global/Handout via REUTERS)
The plane was a Cessna Caravan, according to FlightAware. In a video posted by the Facebook account Puerto Global, the plane has the branding «Skydive Puerto Escondido» written on its side.
A website for the business tells visitors «feel the adrenaline of free fall at 13,000 feet above sea level.»
«Fill your eyes with the wonderful view of the bay and its incredible sunsets,» it continues. «You will land soft and safe on the emblematic Zicatela beach.»
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
«Our instructors certified by the United States Parachute Association, the highest international authority on skydiving, will provide you with a safe and exciting experience that you will never forget,» it also says.
INTERNACIONAL
Otro apagón masivo en Cuba, el cuarto en menos de seis meses: millones de usuarios sin electricidad
INTERNACIONAL
Senior Islamic State leader killed in Iraq, Trump says his ‘miserable life was terminated’
The leader of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria has been killed, Iraq’s prime minister announced on Friday.
Abdallah Maki Mosleh al-Rifai, or «Abu Khadija,» was killed in an operation by members of the Iraqi national intelligence service along with U.S.-led coalition forces, Iraq’s Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani said in a statement.
The prime minister described al-Rifai as «one of the most dangerous terrorists in Iraq and the world.»
U.S. President Donald Trump reacted to the news on his social media platform Truth Social, saying al-Rifai’s «miserable life was terminated.»
FORMER IRAQI REFUGEE LIVING IN TEXAS PLEADS GUILTY TO CONSPIRING TO SUPPORT ISIS
Iraq’s Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani described al-Rifai as «one of the most dangerous terrorists in Iraq and the world.» (AP)
«Today the fugitive leader of ISIS in Iraq was killed,» Trump wrote Friday night. «He was relentlessly hunted down by our intrepid warfighters. His miserable life was terminated, along with another member of ISIS, in coordination with the Iraqi Government and the Kurdish Regional Government.»
«PEACE THROUGH STRENGTH!» the president added.
U.S. Central Command said in a statement that its forces, in cooperation with Iraqi Intelligence and security forces, conducted an airstrike in Al Anbar Province, Iraq, that killed the «Global ISIS #2 leader, Chief of Global Operations and the Delegated Committee Emir – Abdallah Makki Muslih al-Rifai, alias ‘Abu Khadijah,’ and one other ISIS operative.»
U.S. President Donald Trump reacted by saying al-Rifai’s «miserable life was terminated.» (Getty Images)
«As the Emir of ISIS’ most senior decision-making body, Abu Khadijah maintained responsibility for operations, logistics, and planning conducted by ISIS globally, and directs a significant portion of finance for the group’s global organization,» CENTCOM said.
Islamic State/Iraq/Syria: A masked Islamic State soldier poses holding the ISIL banner somewhere in the deserts of Iraq or Syria. ISIL publicity image, 2015. (Pictures from History/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
After the strike, U.S. and Iraqi forces moved to the location of the strike and found both dead ISIS targets who were each wearing unexploded «suicide vests» and who had multiple weapons, CENTCOM said.
TRUMP ADMIN ENDS WAIVER ALLOWING IRAQ TO BUY IRANIAN ELECTRICITY AS PART OF ‘MAXIMUM PRESSURE’ CAMPAIGN
Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaybani, left, speaks during a news conference with his Iraqi counterpart Fouad Hussein following their meeting, in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, March14, 2025. (AP)
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
U.S. and Iraqi forces were able to identify al-Rifai using DNA collected in a previous raid where he narrowly escaped.
«Abu Khadijah was one of the most important ISIS members in the entire global ISIS organization. We will continue to kill terrorists and dismantle their organizations that threaten our homeland and U.S., allied and partner personnel in the region and beyond,» Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla, commander at CENTCOM, said in a statement.
INTERNACIONAL
El papa Francisco cumple un mes internado y estiman que podría necesitar oxigenación de por vida
Doce años de papado
La dependencia al flujo de oxígeno
Un mensaje de Putin y otro de la Casa Blanca
-
POLITICA2 días ago
Lilia Lemoine se peleó con Marcela Pagano y Rocío Bonacci por dar quórum a una iniciativa del peronismo
-
POLITICA2 días ago
Guillermo Francos apuntó contra los barras que se manifestaron en el Congreso: “Usaron a los jubilados”
-
POLITICA19 horas ago
El Gobierno presentó la denuncia contra municipios, barras bravas y la jueza que liberó a los detenidos en el Congreso