At least 13 lifeless as prepare derails in Mexico | EUROtoday

A prepare accident in southern Mexico has claimed the lives of no less than 13 individuals and left dozens extra injured, halting site visitors alongside a vital rail hyperlink between the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico.

The incident occurred on Sunday when the Interoceanic Train, connecting the states of Oaxaca and Veracruz, derailed because it navigated a curve close to the city of Nizanda.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum confirmed the fatalities, stating on X: “The Mexican Navy has informed me that, tragically, 13 people died in the Interoceanic Train accident.” She added that 98 people sustained accidents, with 5 reported to be in a critical situation. President Sheinbaum has since directed the secretary of the navy and the undersecretary of human rights of the Ministry of the Interior to journey to the location to offer direct help to the affected households.

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Oaxaca state Governor Salomon Jara additionally confirmed on X that numerous authorities businesses had mobilised to the scene to help the injured. Officials reported that 241 passengers and 9 crew members had been aboard the prepare on the time of the derailment.

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The Interoceanic Train service was inaugurated in 2023 by then-President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. It types a key a part of a wider initiative to spice up rail journey throughout southern Mexico and develop infrastructure alongside the Isthmus of Tehuantepec – a slender strip of land linking the Pacific and Gulf of Mexico. The Mexican authorities envisions reworking this isthmus right into a strategic hall for worldwide commerce, utilising ports and rail traces to attach the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The prepare presently operates a route of roughly 180 miles (290 kilometres) from the port of Salina Cruz on the Pacific to Coatzacoalcos.