At Least 13 Dead, 98 Wounded As Train Derails In Mexico

The train partially derailed in southern Oaxaca state, Mexican authorities said, updating an earlier toll.

By Channels Television

Updated December 29, 2025

Mexican Army soldiers and Civil Protection members rescue passengers from the Interoceanic train that derailed in Nizanda, Oaxaca state, on the route to Coatzacoalcos, Mexico, on December 28, 2025. At least 20 people were injured on December 28, 2025, after a train crashed in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca, authorities said.

At least 13 people died, and close to a hundred others were injured, on Sunday when a train partially derailed in southern Oaxaca state, Mexican authorities said, updating an earlier toll.

“As a result of this accident, 139 people are out of danger, 98 were injured… and unfortunately, 13 people lost their lives,” the Mexican Navy, which operates the railway line, said in a statement.

AFP