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[^1]\n\nThe blackout affected approximately 10 million people across the states of Yucatán, Quintana Roo, Campeche, and Chiapas, as well as parts of the neighboring country of Belize. [^2]\n\nThe Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) reported that electricity service was restored to four southeastern Mexican states after a seven-hour blackout beginning Monday evening. [^3]\n\nCFE announced on 2026-08-18 that power outages in the first seven months of 2026 fell 37% compared to the same period in 2024, with 273,452 interruptions versus 433,345. [^4]\n\nCFE stated that specialized staff are working to restore service and that it has communicated with the governments of the three affected states. [^5]\n\nIn April 2026, the former general director of Mexico's National Center for Energy Control (CENACE) told El Financiero that the country would break a record for electricity demand in summer 2026, and that the Yucatan peninsula is a critical point, with 150 megawatts of emergency generation from portable CFE plants being moved there. [^6]\n\nCFE stated that the blackout was caused by vandalism that damaged two high-voltage lines, specifically the insulation strings on 400 kV transmission structures. [^7]\n\nThe outage crippled commercial activities in Mérida, a city of nearly 1 million people, leaving hundreds of businesses unable to process electronic payments or operate refrigeration systems. [^8]\n\nDuring Manuel Bartlett's administration from 2018 to 2024, the state-owned CFE failed to complete 74% of its proposed projects. [^9]\n\nManuel Bartlett took over CFE with a utility reporting profits exceeding 60,000 million pesos but left the company with losses of 124,444 million pesos and a debt of 490,000 million pesos. [^10]\n\nManuel Bartlett, who directed CFE between 2018 and 2024, cancelled the Malpaso-Playa del Carmen transmission line project and failed to properly plan peninsula projects. [^11]\n\nOn the night of August 31, 2026, a power outage affected four states in Mexico's southeast region: Campeche, Chiapas, Quintana Roo, and Yucatán. 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