Train Derailment in Southern Mexico Kills 13, Injures Nearly 100

MAXICO: At least 13 people were killed and 98 others injured after a passenger train partially derailed on Sunday in Mexico’s southern Oaxaca state, authorities confirmed.

The locomotive left the tracks while traveling on a rail line operated by the Mexican navy, which initially reported 20 injuries before later revising the figure upward. Officials said nearly 250 passengers were on board at the time of the accident.

President Claudia Sheinbaum said she ordered the navy secretary and other senior officials to travel to the site to oversee rescue efforts and provide assistance to the victims and their families.

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Mexico’s Attorney General’s office has launched an investigation to determine the cause of the derailment. The train operates along a strategic route linking the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean and transports both passengers and cargo.

The rail line was inaugurated in 2023 as a flagship infrastructure project under former president Andrés Manuel López Obrador, aimed at boosting economic development in southeastern Mexico.

Earlier this month, another train on the same route was involved in a collision with a cargo truck at a crossing, though no fatalities were reported in that incident.