Colombian singer Yeison Jiménez has died in a fatal plane crash. He was 34.
“We inform the public about an aviation accident that occurred today,” Colombia’s Dirección Técnica de Investigación de Accidentes wrote in an X statement on Saturday, 11. “The crash of an aircraft with registration N325FA has been confirmed in the sector between Paipa and Duitama.”
In a follow-up statement, the organization confirmed that Jiménez was among the six passengers who died onboard.
“The Civil Aeronautics Authority deeply regrets the accident that occurred in Paipa, Boyacá, in which six occupants of the aircraft N325FA perished, including the artist Yeison Jiménez,” the X statement read. “We express our most sincere condolences to their families, friends, and followers.”
A representative for Jiménez later announced his death in a social media statement.
“With heavy hearts and indescribable grief, Yeison Jiménez’s organization and team deeply regret to announce his passing,” an Instagram statement translated from Spanish read. “Today, we not only say goodbye to an artist, we say goodbye to a son, a brother, a friend, a human being full of dreams and courage, who transformed his story into a source of hope for thousands.”
The popular Colombian artist previously expressed fears about being involved in a plane crash.
“I dreamt three times that we were going to have a plane crash and that I had to tell the pilot to turn around,’” he said in a December 2025 interview with local TV station Caracol. “When he arrived, he’d say, ‘Oh, boss, thank goodness you told me because something went wrong, but I fixed it, get it.’ Those were dreams.”
According to Jiménez, he had another premonition of dying in an aircraft incident shortly before it nearly happened.
“In one of the dreams, I did dream that we had died and that we were on the news,” he said. “It was the third time I dreamt that. God gave me three signs, and I didn’t understand them, I didn’t get them.”
Jiménez, who is survived by wife Sonia Restrepo and their three kids, was particularly scared of dying without meeting his youngest child. One month before baby No. 3 arrived, Jiménez was traveling on a jet that nearly crashed.
“Santiago hadn’t been born yet, and all he could think of was, ‘Damn, I’m going to die. I’m not going to meet my son,’” Restrepo recalled to the outlet, referring to his youngest child.
The plane pilot was ultimately able to land safely on the runway.
“God always protects good people, the people who are always with him and God gave him another chance to live and meet his baby,” Restrepo continued at the time, going on to issue a message directly to her spouse. “I admire you so much, and I thank you for giving us all the opportunity and having brought us to the top.”
Jiménez was next scheduled to perform a sold-out concert at Bogota’s El Campín Stadium in March.
“It’s not only filling shows, it’s giving them nights to never forget,” Jiménez wrote in Spanish via Instagram on Tuesday, January 6, teasing his then-upcoming shows. “And for once, I advance that the ones coming this 2026 are going to be good.”
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