Overview
- Mexico’s Navy, which operates the service, reported 13 fatalities and 98 injured, with 36 people hospitalized and 139 unhurt.
- The derailment occurred on Line Z near Nizanda in Asunción Ixtaltepec when the lead locomotive left the tracks during a Salina Cruz–Coatzacoalcos run.
- The convoy carried 241 passengers and nine crew across two locomotives and four passenger cars, and several people fell down a roughly seven‑meter embankment.
- SEMAR deployed about 360 naval personnel, 20 vehicles, four ground ambulances, three air ambulances and a tactical drone for search, rescue and medical transport.
- The Federal Attorney General’s Office opened an investigation, and the transport ministry and rail regulator are conducting technical work to determine the cause and restore the line.