The helicopter was an AgustaWestland AW109S Grand manufactured in 2011[3] and owned by Servicios Aéreos del Altiplano, S.A. de C.V. (SAASA), an air taxi company headquartered at Puebla International Airport.

The crash site is in the municipality of Santa María Coronango,[5] approximately 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north of Puebla International Airport.

Por confirmar que iban la gobernadora Martha Erika Alonso y el ex gobernador Rafael Moreno Valle.

[12] Due to the political conflict around the election of Alonso, legislators from the National Action Party commented on the need for a transparent investigation.

[13] In a press conference the evening of the accident, Jesús Rodríguez Almeida, who had been the general secretary of government, was announced as the interim governor.

In the Senate, Moreno Valle was to be replaced by Roberto Moya Clemente, his alternate and Puebla's former state secretary of finances and administration.