“Clarify the facts as soon as possible”, the objective of expert reports: FGR

Cesar Arellano

La Jornada Newspaper
Wednesday, December 31, 2025, p. 4

The Attorney General’s Office (FGR) concluded the autopsy of the 13 deaths caused by the derailment of the Transisthmian Train. He also reported that he is making progress in the first forensic investigations in the area and that he is prioritizing the repair of damage to victims of the accident that occurred in Oaxaca. “In addition, different immediate actions have been carried out with the aim of clarifying the facts as soon as possible.”

He mentioned that he works jointly with the Executive Commission for Attention to Victims (CEAV) in order to attend to everything related to repairing the damage.

Likewise, he said that the presence of agents from the Federal Public Ministry (MPF), assigned to the Specialized Regional Control Prosecutor’s Office (Fecor), both from central offices and from the federal prosecutor’s office in Oaxaca, is maintained, in addition to federal ministerial police and experts from the Criminal Investigation Agency (AIC) in 13 specialties such as photography and forensic medicine, field criminology, civil engineering and architecture, chemistry and forensic industrial security, as well as land traffic.

He added that, among other advances, a documentary review is carried out and field work continues, under the command of the Federal Public Ministry, the ministerial and expert police personnel, who carry out their intervention to conclude the inspections of the site and the railway units, in addition to conducting interviews with various people from the crew, “in strict adherence to the respective protocols and procedures, respecting, in all cases, the chain of custody, highlighting the procedures related to the black box, known as Pulser.”

He said that the work is carried out in coordination with the Attorney General’s Office of the state of Oaxaca, state authorities such as the Ministry of Government, Civil Protection and the police, as well as the Ministry of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation (SICT), the Railway Transport Regulatory Agency and the Ministry of the Navy.

The FGR ratified its commitment to carry out each and every one of the processes and investigations that lead to clarifying the events that occurred. “At all times it will guarantee comprehensive repair of the damage. We will continue to inform society as the investigations progress.”