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Mexico Searches for Two Aid Boats Bound for Cuba

The search highlights the peril of activist aid runs during Cuba’s deepening shortage crisis.

Overview

  • The Mexican Navy reported it has lost contact with two aid catamarans carrying nine people en route from Isla Mujeres to Havana.
  • Search teams activated regional naval commands, rescue stations and aircraft, and urged ships in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico to report any sightings.
  • Officials said they are coordinating with rescue centers in Poland, France, Cuba and the United States and with the crew members’ embassies, while withholding identities.
  • A separate boat from the same activist flotilla reached Havana earlier as “Granma 2.0” with food and medical supplies for the island.
  • The flotilla was organized by unions, NGOs, lawmakers and activists to ease shortages in Cuba that AFP ties to a halt in Venezuelan oil shipments under recent U.S. pressure.