Mexico Metropolis, Mexico — Officers mentioned a prepare accident in southern Mexico killed no less than 13 individuals and injured dozens, halting visitors alongside a rail line connecting the Pacific Ocean with the Gulf of Mexico.
The Interoceanic Prepare linking the states of Oaxaca and Veracruz went off the rails Sunday because it handed a curve close to the city of Nizanda.
“The Mexican Navy has knowledgeable me that, tragically, 13 individuals died within the Interoceanic Prepare accident,” Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum posted on X, including that 98 individuals have been injured, 5 of them severely.
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She mentioned she instructed the secretary of the navy and the undersecretary of human rights of the Ministry of the Inside to journey to the location and personally help the households.
In a message on X Sunday, Oaxaca state Gov. Salomon Jara mentioned a number of authorities companies had reached the accident web site to help the injured.
Officers mentioned 241 passengers and 9 crew members have been on the prepare when the accident occurred.
The Interoceanic Prepare was inaugurated in 2023 by then President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. The rail service is a part of a broader push to spice up prepare journey in southern Mexico and develop infrastructure alongside the isthmus of Tehuantepec, a slim stretch of land between the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico.
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The Mexican authorities plans to show the isthmus right into a strategic hall for worldwide commerce, with ports and rail strains that may join the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The Interoceanic prepare at the moment runs from the port of Salina Cruz on the Pacific Ocean to Coatzacoalcos, overlaying a distance of roughly 180 miles.
