At least 13 people killed and 98 injured in train derailment in Mexico

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 28 December 2025.

At least 13 people were killed when a train derailed in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, in an accident which is likely to revive opposition criticisms of the speed and dealings with which the country’s government builds its flagship public works projects.

The incident took place on the Interoceanic Train, which was built to link the Atlantic and Pacific oceans across the narrowest part of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, creating an alternative rail cargo route to the Panama canal intended to drive development in the region.