Following the December 28 derailment of the Interoceanic Train in Oaxaca that killed 13 and injured dozens, President Claudia Sheinbaum defended the tracks' safety certifications in her morning press conference, outlined victim care priorities, and dismissed opposition calls for audits amid ongoing federal probes.
President Claudia Sheinbaum, addressing the fallout from the Interoceanic Train derailment in Nizanda, Oaxaca—where 13 died and 98 were injured—emphasized during her December 30 morning conference that the tracks, built under the prior administration by the Secretariat of the Navy, met 'all technical requirements' and held valid safety certificates.
Rejecting criticisms as attempts to 'denigrate' her government, she outlined three priorities: comprehensive care for victims and families (building on her prior Oaxaca hospital visits and the announced 30,000-peso initial support); rigorous fact-finding via expert analyses from the General Prosecutor's Office (FGR), led by Ernestina Godoy, and the Rail Transport Regulatory Agency under Andrés Lajous; and confirming track safety for resumed operations.
She highlighted daily 'hi-rail' inspections certifying track conditions before runs, with data to be shared with the FGR. The train operator was uninjured. Dismissing PRI leader Alejandro Moreno's calls for halting related works and independent audits involving figures like Amílcar Olán and Pedro Salazar Beltrán, Sheinbaum stated: 'It's not worth it, really, I'm not going to debate with the PRI president.'
