(SpotNews)MEXICO-OAXACA-TRAIN DERAILMENT

Xinhua
29 Dec 2025, 06:45 GMT+10

(251229) -- OAXACA, Dec. 29, 2025 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken with a mobile phone on Dec. 28, 2025 shows the site of a train derailment accident in Municipality of Asuncion Ixtaltepec, State of Oaxaca, Mexico. A passenger train carrying 241 passengers and nine crew members derailed on a bridge near Nizanda in southern Mexico on Sunday, leaving at least 13 people dead and 98 others injured, the Secretariat of the Navy said on social media.

The train plunged into a ravine while en route to the municipality of Matias Romero, according to Oaxaca Governor Salomon Jara.

Authorities have launched a rescue operation using ropes and specialized equipment to evacuate those trapped inside a train car. (Str/Xinhua)

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