US EditionPower outage hits three states in southeast Mexico, president says
A transmission line failure during maintenance cut power to 2.2 million users across Yucatan, Campeche, and Quintana Roo, with full restoration achieved within six hours, officials said.
- A power outage hit more than 2 million customers across Yucatan, Campeche, and Quintana Roo on Friday just after 2 p.m.
- The blackout happened during routine upkeep on transmission lines and was triggered by an issue affecting one of the lines, according to statements from CFE and President Sheinbaum.
- CFE technicians worked to restore power in southeast Mexico, including Quintana Roo towns like Chetumal, Bacalar, and Holbox, with major tourist areas also affected.
- President Sheinbaum said via X that "the lights were back on" in most of Merida, Campeche, and some Quintana Roo towns after the blackout.
- This incident comes after a previous power outage in the region that the CFE linked to the delivery of substandard natural gas to a power generation facility, underscoring persistent vulnerabilities in the area's electrical supply.
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A widespread blackout affected yesterday afternoon for at least four hours to 2 million 262 thousand users in the Yucatán Peninsula; inhabitants of various municipalities of Campeche, Yucatán and Quintana Roo reported the lack of electricity in streets, avenues, houses, schools, hospitals, airports and tourist areas, as well as the fall of Internet services and cellular telephony.
More than 2.2 million customers were left without power in the states of Yucatan, Campeche and Quintana Roo.
President Claudia Sheinbaum reported that the power outage in Yucatan occurred due to a failure of the electricity transmission line.
The blackout that was registered this afternoon in the Yucatan Peninsula affected 2 million 262 thousand users of Campeche, Yucatán and Quintana Roo, reported the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) The electrical service has already been restored in most of Mérida and Valladolid, in Yucatán; as well as in Chetumal, Bacalar, Álvaro Obregón and Holbox, in Chetumal, and much of the state of Campeche, added the company in a statement. The failure …
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