Overview
- The Interoceanic Train derailment in the Isthmus of Oaxaca has resulted in 13 reported deaths, according to local media.
- The National Media Workers Union (SINMCO) publicly confirmed and mourned Gallegos Soto’s death on its social accounts.
- Gallegos Soto was traveling with his wife, who was rescued alive and transferred for treatment to a hospital in Matías Romero.
- Friends and colleagues searched area hospitals and appealed on social media to locate the couple as the Interior Ministry shared a hotline for families.
- Authorities have not disclosed details on the recovery of his remains or a full account of the crash, and Record reports the case is under investigation by the federal prosecutor’s office.