Mexico hunts for two missing aid boats bound for Havana

Mexico launched a search-and-rescue mission after two sailboats carrying food, medicine and other aid vanished at sea while part of the Nuestra América Convoy delivering humanitarian relief to Cuba. Nine people were aboard the boats, which departed Isla Mujeres and were expected to reach Havana; contact with them was lost a few hours after departure, prompting a coordinated effort involving the navy, maritime patrol aircraft, and international maritime centers in Poland, France, Cuba and the United States. The full convoy carried around 30 tons of aid, including solar panels, amid Cuba’s electricity crisis worsened by a U.S.-led oil blockade, with Cuban President Díaz-Canel expressing concern as authorities continue the search for crew from Poland, France, Cuba and the U.S.