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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.
She said she instructed the secretary of the navy and the
undersecretary of human rights of the Ministry of the Interior
to travel to the site and personally assist the families.
In a message on X Sunday, Oaxaca state Gov. Salomon Jara said
several government agencies had reached the site of the accident
to assist the injured.
Officials said that 241 passengers and nine crew members were on
the train when the accident occurred.
The Interoceanic Train was inaugurated in 2023 by then President
Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. The rail service is part of a
broader push to boost train travel in southern Mexico, and
develop infrastructure along the isthmus of Tehuantepec, a
narrow stretch of land between the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of
Mexico.
The Mexican government plans to turn the isthmus into a
strategic corridor for international trade, with ports and rail
lines that can connect the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The
Interoceanic train currently runs from the port of Salina Cruz
on the Pacific Ocean to Coatzacoalcos, covering a distance of
approximately 180 miles (290 kilometers) .
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