Overview
- Authorities report 13 fatalities and 109 injured, with 44 patients still hospitalized after the Línea Z derailment between Nizanda and Chivela; roughly 250 people were aboard.
- Rescue teams have recovered 12 of the 13 bodies and continue efforts to retrieve one victim from a partially suspended carriage.
- The Fiscalía General de la República holds the train’s electronic recorder under chain of custody for forensic analysis as federal and state agencies conduct coordinated technical and criminal inquiries.
- Semar officials said a Hi-rail inspection vehicle traversed the route about 1.5–2 hours beforehand and found the track in operational condition, a finding now central to the peritajes.
- President Claudia Sheinbaum is traveling to Oaxaca to meet affected families as IMSS, IMSS-Bienestar and victim-assistance teams support care and liaison, with an information line active at 55-2230-2106.