Two Mexican humanitarian aid boats en-route to Cuba missing

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The sailboats Friendship and Tigger Moth, carrying humanitarian assistance  for Cuba and crewed by activists taking portion  successful  the Nuestra America Convoy flotilla, depart Isla Mujeres, successful  Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo state, Mexico connected  March 21, 2026.

The sailboats Friendship and Tigger Moth, carrying humanitarian assistance for Cuba and crewed by activists taking portion successful the Nuestra America Convoy flotilla, depart Isla Mujeres, successful Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo state, Mexico connected March 21, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters

Mexico's Navy said connected Thursday (March 26, 2026) it ​had activated a search-and-rescue cognition successful ‌the Caribbean to find 2 sailboats carrying ​humanitarian assistance to Cuba aft ⁠the vessels failed to get successful Havana arsenic scheduled.

In a statement, the Navy said ‌the 2 boats near Isla Mujeres, successful the Mexican Caribbean authorities ‌of Quintana Roo, connected March 20 bound ‌for ⁠Havana with 9 unit members ⁠of antithetic nationalities connected board.

The vessels had been expected to get betwixt March 24 and 25, but ​there had been ‌no connection from them and nary confirmation of their arrival, the Navy said.

The 2 missing boats are portion ‌of a broader grassroots assistance effort for ​energy-strapped Cuba, which has been suffering prolonged powerfulness outages and a ⁠deepening economical crisis. A abstracted vas from the convoy arrived successful Havana connected ‌Tuesday (March 24, 2026).

Volunteers successful Mexico past week loaded boats with rice, babe wipes, beans, babe formula, medicine and different supplies arsenic portion of the "Nuestra America Convoy," a non-government inaugural seeking to present food, medicines ‌and energy-related goods to the island.

Representatives for the convoy ​did not instantly respond to a petition for comment.

Mexico besides established ⁠contact with maritime rescue coordination centres successful Poland, ⁠France, Cuba and the United States, arsenic good arsenic diplomatic representatives ‌of the countries of root of those connected board, the Navy said.

Published - March 27, 2026 07:46 americium IST

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