At least 13 people have died and almost 100 injured after a train derailed in Mexico’s south-western Oaxaca region.
The train, which was travelling between the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific Ocean, was carrying 241 passengers and nine crew members.
Officials said the train derailed as it rounded a bend near the town of Nizanda and Mexico’s Attorney General confirmed an investigation was under way.
The Interoceanic rail link was inaugurated two years ago to boost the region’s economy, an initiative spearheaded by former president Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
Designed to modernise the rail link across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, the Mexican government has sought to develop the area into a strategic trade corridor, expanding ports, railways and industrial infrastructure.
Edited by Favour Owonibi.