2 boats carrying aid to Cuba reported missing by Mexico

The Mexican navy said Thursday that it was searching for 2 boats transporting humanitarian assistance to Cuba with unit members of respective antithetic nationalities connected board.

The vessels acceptable sail March 20 from Isla Mujeres successful Mexico's southeastern authorities of Quintana Roo and were owed to get successful Havana connected Tuesday oregon Wednesday this week, the navy said successful a statement.

It said that determination had been neither "communication nor confirmation of their arrival" successful Cuba and that it has alerted naval commanders successful the portion and its hunt and rescue stations.

Since past week, activists from respective countries person near Mexican ports connected vessels loaded with nutrient and different supplies for the Communist-led island, which faces a humanitarian crisis successful the look of a U.S.-imposed substance embargo.

A spokesperson for Nuestra America Convoy, a planetary conjugation that is helping signifier assistance shipments to Cuba, indicated to CBS News successful a connection Thursday nighttime that the boats were portion of its group.

"The captains and crews are experienced sailors, and some vessels are equipped with due information systems and signaling equipment," the Nuestra America Convoy spokesperson said. "We are cooperating afloat with the authorities and stay assured successful the crews' quality to scope Havana safely. We echo the Mexican Navy's entreaty for immoderate accusation oregon sightings of the vessels."

Nuestra America Convoy noted that neither vessel had yet sent retired a distress signal.

Aid brought by the Nuestra America Convoy from Mexico is collected astatine the William Soler Pediatric Cardiocenter successful Havana, Cuba, connected March 25, 2026. Lisandra COTS /AFP via Getty Images

Mexico's navy did not specify the identities oregon nationalities of the unit members connected the missing boats, but said it was maintaining connection with rescue agencies successful Poland, France, Cuba and the U.S.

The Mexican navy is besides successful interaction "with the diplomatic missions of the unit members' countries of origin" to cooperate and speech accusation successful existent time, the connection said.

The navy said it was utilizing craft to hunt the way betwixt Isla Mujeres and Havana.

It appealed to seafarers and maritime authorities successful the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico to study immoderate accusation oregon sightings of the missing vessels to the nearest naval authority.

President Trump imposed a de facto lipid blockade connected Cuba successful January aft the U.S. ouster of Venezuelan person Nicolas Maduro, whose authorities had been its main root Cuba's substance supplies.

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