MEXICO CITY: Officials said a train accident in southern Mexico killed at least 13 people and injured dozens, halting traffic along a rail line connecting the Pacific Ocean with the Gulf of Mexico. The Interoceanic Train linking the states of Oaxaca and Veracruz went off the rails Sunday as it passed a curve near the town of Nizanda. “The Mexican Navy has informed me that, tragically, 13 people died in the Interoceanic Train accident,” Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum posted on X, adding that 98 people are injured, five of them seriously.

La Marina confirma que la máquina principal del tren de la Línea Z salió de las vías a la altura de la localidad de Nizanda

Interoceanic Train derails in southern Mexico, injuring 15 and disrupting traffic on the crucial Pacific-Gulf rail line.