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Mexico: Passenger Train Derails – At Least 13 Dead

Published December 29, 2025, 05:08
Mexico: Passenger Train Derails – At Least 13 Dead

At least 13 people have died and 98 were injured, 36 of whom are hospitalized, after a passenger train derailed in the southern state of Oaxaca, Mexico. The train was carrying 250 people, including passengers and crew. The train connects the Gulf of Mexico with the Pacific Ocean and typically carries both cargo and passengers. The accident occurred on a railway line that was inaugurated in 2023 and is a major infrastructure project of the previous government.