Sailboats carrying aid from Mexico to Cuba still missing

Two sailboats reported missing from a convoy transporting humanitarian aid from Mexico to Cuba remain unaccounted for, the U.S. Coast Guard and a spokesperson for the convoy told Reuters on Friday.



The U.S. Coast Guard said the search was "ongoing".



Earlier on Friday, the AFP cited a U.S. Coast Guard spokesperson as saying that the boats had arrived in Cuba safely, but later told Reuters that the initial statement it had provided to the AFP had been incorrect.



The two boats were part of a broader volunteer grassroots aid effort seeking to deliver food, medicine, baby formula and other supplies to the Caribbean's largest island, amid a U.S. stranglehold on shipments of oil and other supplies that has worsened power outages and led the state to ration services.