Two Mexican aid boats that disappeared at sea whereas delivering aid to Cuba have been situated northwest of the Cuban capital of Havana following a search and rescue operation, Mexico’s navy mentioned Saturday.
The sailboats have been situated 80 nautical miles from Havana utilizing Mexican naval plane and communication is being maintained with the vessels by way of radio, in accordance with an replace from the Secretariat of the Mexican Navy (SEMAR).
A spokesperson for the Our America Convoy confirmed to NCS Saturday morning that the crew members of the sailboats are secure.
“Their crews are safe and the boats continue their journey to Havana. The convoy continues its course to complete its mission: to deliver urgent humanitarian aid to the Cuban people,” the spokesman mentioned.
NCS has reached out to Convoy Nuestra América to verify whether or not the vessels have now arrived in Havana.
The sailboats have been reported lacking on Thursday, after they misplaced communication with Mexican authorities. A search and rescue operation was launched.
These boats set sail from Isla Mujeres, within the Mexican Caribbean, per week in the past, on Saturday, March 21, and their arrival was anticipated “between the night of Friday, March 27 and noon on Saturday, March 28,” in accordance with the Convoy Nuestra América.
The Our America Convoy is a solidarity initiative of teams and other people from
totally different international locations, largely Latin America and Europe, who intention to deliver humanitarian aid to Cuba.
This initiative is impressed by the Sumud Global Flotilla that in 2025 introduced humanitarian aid to Gaza.
“We are an international coalition of people and organizations dedicated to
delivering critical humanitarian aid to the Cuban people,” says the Convoy
Nuestra América web site.
The crucial aid for Cuba comes because the nation has taken a extreme financial hit for the reason that US successfully blocked its oil provide earlier this 12 months, depriving its getting older electrical energy community of its principal supply of gas.
Last Sunday, the island was plunged into its second nationwide blackout in lower than per week, leaving greater than 10 million folks with out energy after {the electrical} grid suffered “a total disconnection.”
A primary group of the Our America Convoy arrived in Cuba on March 18 with “loads of aid,” Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel mentioned on the time.
Shortly after, on Tuesday, March 24, the flagship of the Convoy Nuestra América arrived in Havana after 4 days of crusing. That boat arrived with humanitarian aid of 14 tons of meals and medication, 73 photo voltaic panels and a dozen bicycles.