US EditionJudge Closes Train Derailment Case in Southern Mexico and Releases Two Defendants
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Felipe de Jesús Díaz Gómez and Ricardo Mendoza Cerón, driver and chief dispatcher of the Interoceanic Train when it was derailed in Oaxaca on 28 December, were released yesterday afternoon, after the supervisory judge Diana Isabel Ivens decreed the dismissal of the criminal case after the reparation of the damage to the victims.
The company Ferrocarril del Isthmo de Tehuantepec, operator of the Interoceanic Train, has already paid compensation to most of the victims.
Mexico City, 22 Apr (EFE).- A Mexican judge closed this Wednesday the criminal case for the derailment of the Interoceanic Train, in Oaxaca, southern Mexico—which left 14 people dead and nearly a hundred injured—and ordered the immediate release of two of the three workers prosecuted. The decision taken at the hearing was the result of agreements to repair the damage to the victims, reached between the family members and the state company Ferroc…
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eldiariodechihuahua.mxThe driver and the chief dispatcher of the Interoce train were released by order of a judge for compensation or accident.
The prosecutor's office accused the crew of the vehicle as solely responsible for the accident due to negligence. The court's ruling also approves the full reparation of damages to the victims.
Felipe de Jesús Díaz and Ricardo Mendoza, arrested for their alleged involvement in the derailment of the Interoceanic Train that left 14 dead, were released after the closure of the case. The decision was taken on April 22 by Diana Isabel Ivens Cruz, a supervisory judge at the Federal Criminal Justice Center in Chiapas, who approved their release and full reparation for the damage to the victims.
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