{
  "id": 4891840,
  "title": "Mexico Blackouts Hit Yucatán Businesses as CFE Restores Power After ‘Vandalism’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/mexico-blackouts-hit-yucatan-businesses-as-cfe-restores-power-after",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-01T15:36:40.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Rio Times",
    "slug": "the-rio-times",
    "url": "https://www.riotimesonline.com/mexico-blackouts-yucatan-cfe-vandalism-2026/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A mega blackout hit Yucatán, Quintana Roo, Chiapas and parts of Campeche on 31 August. The CFE blames vandalism on two 400 kV lines; Mérida's businesses count the cost of years of outages. The post Mexico Blackouts Hit Yucatán Businesses as CFE Restores Power After ‘Vandalism’ appeared first on The Rio Times .",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Mexico News Daily",
        "title": "CFE restores power in Yucatán Peninsula after 7-hour blackout reportedly caused by vandalism",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/cfe-restores-power-in-yucatan-peninsula-after-7-hour-blackout",
        "published": "2026-09-01T18:00:15.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}