MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said 13 people were killed and 98 others were injured when a train derailed on a rail line connecting the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico.

The Interoceanic Train, which links the states of Oaxaca and Veracruz, went off the tracks on Sunday while passing a curve near the town of Nizanda. The accident stopped train traffic on the line.

“The Ministry of the Navy informs me that in the accident of the Interoceanic Train, unfortunately 13 people died,” Sheinbaum published in families.

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