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Sailboats carrying aid from Mexico to Cuba still missing

By Reuters
March 28, 2026
The sailboats Friendship and Tigger Moth, carrying humanitarian aid for Cuba and crewed by activists taking part in the Nuestra America Convoy flotilla, depart Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo state, Mexico, March 21, 2026. — Reuters
The sailboats Friendship and Tigger Moth, carrying humanitarian aid for Cuba and crewed by activists taking part in the Nuestra America Convoy flotilla, depart Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo state, Mexico, March 21, 2026. — Reuters 

HAVANA/MEXICO CITY: Two sailboats reported missing from a convoy transporting humanitarian aid from Mexico to Cuba remain unaccounted for, the US Coast Guard and a spokesperson for the convoy told Reuters on Friday.

The US Coast Guard said the search was “ongoing”.

Earlier on Friday, the AFP cited a US Coast Guard spokesperson as saying that the boats had arrived in Cuba safely, but a US Coast Guard spokesperson later told Reuters that the initial statement it had provided to the AFP had been incorrect.