Overview
- Authorities confirm 13 dead and roughly 98 injured from the December 28 derailment near Nizanda, Oaxaca, with all bodies recovered and dozens still hospitalized.
- President Claudia Sheinbaum visited hospitals and families and announced an immediate payment of 30,000 pesos per affected person, plus funeral and transport coverage.
- The Interior Ministry published the official list of the 13 deceased, which includes two minors, and a government liaison is being assigned to each family.
- The FGR opened an investigation, deploying federal prosecutors, ministerial police and specialized forensic experts in coordination with Semar, ARTF and SICT; officials say the train’s data recorder is in hand.
- Semar reported one locomotive derailed, the first car fell about 6.5 meters and a second was left partially suspended, and said an ‘explorer’ vehicle had cleared the track before departure; a broader safety review of the line is underway, and a hotline for families is available at 55 2230 2106.