Missing aid sailing ship bound for Cuba found in Mexico, crew safe

The Mexican navy has located two missing sailboats carrying humanitarian aid from Mexico to Cuba and their crews are safe, a Nuestra America Convoy spokesman said Saturday.“The ships are continuing to Havana,” a spokesman told Reuters. “The convoy remains on track to fulfill its mission – to provide much-needed humanitarian assistance to the Cuban people.”The two ships are part of a broader grassroots effort to deliver food, medicine, baby formula and other supplies to Cuba.The sailboats departed from Isla Mujeres, Mexico, last Saturday and are expected to arrive in Havana on March 24-25.The convoy is part of a broader aid mission to Cuba amid a U.S. blockade on the shipment of oil and other supplies that has worsened power outages and rationed services in the country.Confusion over the vessels’ whereabouts emerged after the US Coast Guard initially told AFP the vessels had been found, but later retracted its statement and said the search was ongoing.Nuestra America (Spanish for “Our America”) includes nearly 300 organizations from more than 30 countries, including non-governmental groups, unions, political parties and legislators.The organization has shipped about 20 tons of aid to Cuba by air and sea, including food, medicine, solar panels and bicycles.