Singer and reality star Jenni Rivera had ties to one of Mexico's most notorious drug cartels before she was killed last month in a plane crash, a shocking report has claimed.

Jenni Rivera, the U.S.-born singer whose soulful voice and openness about her personal troubles made her a Mexican-American superstar, was killed in a plane crash in northern Mexico, the National ...

Jenni Rivera, the Mexican-American music superstar known as "La Diva de la Banda," was presumably killed in a plane crash Sunday, which left unrecognizable wreckage in rugged territory in Nuevo ...

Mexican-American singer and reality TV star Jenni Rivera poses during an interview in Los Angeles Thursday, March 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon) This article originally appeared on Colorlines.com .