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Mexican authorities announced Sunday that at least 13 people were killed when an interoceanic train carrying 250 people derailed in the southern state of Oaxaca.
The Mexican navy said the train, which derailed near the town of Nizanda, was carrying nine crew members and 241 passengers.
Of those on board, 139 are said to be out of danger, while 98 were injured, of whom 36 were receiving medical treatment.
President Claudia Sheinbaum told X that five of the injured were in critical condition, adding that senior officials had been dispatched to assist the families of those killed.
Oaxaca Governor Salomon Jara Cruz expressed condolences to the families of those killed in the crash and said state authorities were coordinating with federal agencies to help those affected.
Mexico’s attorney general’s office has already opened an investigation into the incident, Attorney General Ernestina Godoy Ramos said in a social media post.
The interoceanic train, inaugurated in 2023 under former President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, is part of the broader Interoceanic Corridor project.
The initiative aimed to modernize the rail network crossing the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, linking the Mexican port of Salina Cruz on the Pacific to Coatzacoalcos on the Gulf coast.
The Mexican government sought to develop the isthmus into a strategic trade corridor, developing ports, railways and industrial infrastructure, with the aim of creating a route that could compete with the Panama Canal.
The rail service is also part of a broader effort to expand passenger and freight rail transportation in southern Mexico and spur economic development in the region.
