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.