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Father of Mexican Toddler Killed in Navy Medevac Crash Reaches U.S. on Humanitarian Visa

Federal investigators in the United States are leading the probe into the Galveston Bay crash.

Overview

  • A Mexican Navy King Air ANX 1209 on a medical transfer from Mérida to the Shriners pediatric burn center in Galveston crashed near Galveston Bay with eight people aboard.
  • Authorities reported six fatalities and two injured; the victims include toddler Federico Efraín and physician Juan Alfonso Adame González, and the child’s mother is hospitalized in Houston in stable condition after fractures.
  • Edward (Edwuar) de la Cruz Ramírez Franco received a humanitarian visa and traveled to the United States to recover his son's remains and accompany his wife, with assistance from local officials.
  • Family accounts describe a domestic scalding that caused severe burns and allege they were asked to pay for an ambulance in Escárcega, prompting a nearly 300 km private drive to Mérida before Fundación Michou y Mau and Semar arranged the medevac.
  • The FAA and NTSB are handling search, rescue and the safety investigation, as community fundraisers in Escárcega seek to help with travel and funeral costs.