Overview
- Semar reported the updated toll of 13 fatalities, 98 injured and about 139 uninjured, with 36 people hospitalized after the derailment near Nizanda in Asunción Ixtaltepec.
- The incident occurred around kilometer Z-230+290 when the main locomotive left the tracks on a convoy of two locomotives and four passenger cars carrying roughly 241 passengers and nine crew.
- The Navy led a large-scale rescue with 360 personnel, 20 vehicles, four ground ambulances, three air ambulances and a tactical drone, assisting passengers who fell down a roughly seven‑meter slope.
- The FGR opened a case and is coordinating with SICT and the rail regulator on technical inquiries to determine the cause and guide recovery of the line.
- President Claudia Sheinbaum said federal agencies and Oaxaca authorities are supporting victims, and she directed senior officials and IMSS teams to assist on site.