Remains of 6 killed when medical jet crashed in Philly are returning to Mexico

The remains of the six victims on board a medical jet bound for Mexico when it crashed down in Northeast Philadelphia earlier this year are headed back to their home country.

Early on Friday, April 4, 2025, people carried boxes containing the ashes of the Mexicans who were killed in the Jan. 31, 2025, crash that took place soon after the Mexico-bound medical transport took off from Northeast Philadelphia Airport after a child on board had a medical procedure in Philly.

Carlos G. Obrador Garrido Cuesta, head consul of the Consulate of Mexico in Philadelphia and his team transported urns containing the remains of 11-year-old Valentina Guzman Murillo, her mother Lizeth Murillo Ozuna, Captain Alan Alejandro Montoya Perales, co-pilot Josue de Jesus Juarez, Dr. Raul Meza Arredondo, and paramedic Rodrigo Lopez Padilla from their office at 17th and Arch streets into waiting vehicles…

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