Overview

• Officials said an automated track switch received a signal while the train was passing, shifting the rails and causing a car to leave the track.
• The derailment occurred Tuesday as the Cancún–Mérida service entered the Izamal station at low speed, leaving one car leaning onto another train.
• No injuries were reported, passengers were transported by bus, and operations continued on other parts of the line.
• Gen. Óscar David Lozano said the signaling anomaly will undergo technical analysis that could take up to two weeks.
• The incident renews scrutiny of the army-built and -operated project, which has faced low ridership, environmental concerns, and reports of dozens of construction worker deaths.