Sailboats bringing aid to Cuba still missing, earlier statement incorrect, U.S. Coast Guard says

FILE PHOTO: Two humanitarian aid boats en route to Cuba missing, Mexico says
FILE PHOTO: The sailboats Friendship and Tigger Moth, carrying humanitarian aid for Cuba and crewed by activists taking part in the Nuestra America Convoy flotilla, depart Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo state, Mexico, March 21, 2026. REUTERS/Paola Chiomante/File Photo
Source: REUTERS

The U.S. Coast Guard statement it made to AFP saying that two sailboats that went missing while bringing humanitarian aid from Mexico to Cuba had been located is incorrect, a spokesperson for the U.S. Coast Guard told Reuters on Friday.

In a statement, the U.S. Coast Guard said the search for the boats was ongoing.

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