Missing Cuba Aid Sailboats Found Safe, Organizers Say

Overview

• The two sailboats, which organizers said Saturday were located by the Mexican Navy, have crews reported safe and are continuing toward Havana.
• Mexico’s Navy launched a search Thursday after contact was lost with the vessels that left Isla Mujeres a week earlier with food, medical supplies, and solar panels.
• The U.S. Coast Guard gave conflicting statements Friday, first citing information that the boats reached Cuba safely, then saying it was not part of the search.
• In a separate delivery Friday, the Mexican naval ship Huasteco docked in Havana with 111 tons of donations, part of more than 3,000 tons Mexico has sent since February.
• Cuba faces long blackouts and shortages after Venezuelan fuel deliveries stopped and Washington imposed a de facto oil embargo in January, and the UN is in talks with the U.S. to allow humanitarian fuel.