US EditionTwo humanitarian aid boats en route to Cuba are missing, Mexico says
Mexican Navy leads multinational search for two catamarans carrying over two tons of aid amid Cuba's worsening energy crisis and blackout challenges.
- Two humanitarian aid boats carrying rice, baby wipes, beans, and other supplies to Cuba from Mexico are missing after failing to arrive as scheduled.
- The Mexican navy has activated a search-and-rescue operation and deployed naval teams and military aircraft to locate the boats, named Friendship and Tigger Moth, carrying at least nine crew members.
- The missing boats are part of a broader grassroots aid effort for energy-strapped Cuba, which has been suffering prolonged power outages and an economic crisis.
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On the way to Cuba with humanitarian aid, the ships had left Mexico on 20 March with nine people of different nationalities on board. A week later, an alert had been issued.
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Mexico searches for missing Cuba aid boats
The Mexican Navy searched Friday for two sailboats that went missing while transporting humanitarian aid to crisis-hit Cuba, a week after leaving Mexico with nine people aboard.
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Washington TimesCuba’s president expresses concern over 2 missing aid sailboats headed to island
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel expressed concern on Friday for two missing sailboats carrying nine people that were bound for Cuba with humanitarian aid.
Ships left Mexico with nine crews from several countries. They were expected to arrive in Cuba between 24 and 25 March. When that didn't happen, the Mexican Navy began its search.
The ships "had planned to arrive between March 24 and 25" in Havana with about 30 tons of help, among food, medicines, hygiene products and solar panels Read
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