Tanker trucks continued transporting fuel extracted from Cueva del Humo in the mountains of Tercer Frente, Cuba, for more than two weeks as of February 22, 2026, during the reporting window from 2:45:53 AM to 3:45:51 AM UTC, according to a post by Cuban opposition leader José Daniel Ferrer on X. Ferrer stated in the X post, timestamped within the 59-minute window, that he was informed tanker trucks are still coming down from the mountains, with extraction operations at Cueva del Humo ongoing for over two weeks. The post used the hashtag #Cuba to highlight the activity. This report emerges amid Cuba's nationwide blackouts, as previously covered, where hotels provide electricity to tourists while residents face outages, per CiberCuba reports from February 21, 2026. No official statements from Cuban authorities on the fuel extraction have been issued.
