Mexico’s navy locates two missing sailboats carrying aid to Cuba, crew safe

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Two sailboats that went missing while ​carrying humanitarian aid from Mexico to Cuba have been ‌located by the Mexican Navy and their crews are safe, a spokesman for the Nuestra America Convoy said on Saturday.The two boats ​are part of the convoy, a broader grassroots aid ​effort seeking to deliver food, medicine, baby formula and ⁠other supplies to the Caribbean’s largest island, amid a U.S. ​blockade on shipments of oil and other supplies that has ​worsened power outages and led the state to ration services.“The vessels are continuing their journey to Havana,” a spokesman told Reuters. “The Convoy remains on track ​to complete its mission — delivering urgently needed humanitarian aid to ​the Cuban people.”The sailboats went missing after departing from Mexico’s Isla Mujeres ‌last ⁠Saturday and had been expected to arrive in Cuba’s capital, Havana, between March 24 and 25.The spokesman did not immediately say why the boats had disappeared.The U.S. Coast Guard initially ​told French ​press agency AFP ⁠on Friday that the boats had been found but later recanted its statement, saying a ​search was still underway, prompting confusion.The Nuestra ​America – Our ⁠America in Spanish – coalition includes nearly 300 organizations from more than 30 countries, among them non-governmental groups, unions, political parties ⁠and lawmakers.The ​group has already delivered approximately 20 tons ​of aid by air and by sea to Cuba, including food, medicine, solar ​panels and bicycles.