The Mexican Navy issued a report on Thursday stating that two ships transporting humanitarian aid supplies to Cuba have lost contact in the Caribbean Sea.
There were a total of three humanitarian aid ships, one of which arrived at Havana port on Tuesday morning. The Cuban authorities received 14 tons of food, medicine, solar panels, and bicycles.
However, the Mexican Navy issued an announcement on Thursday, launching a search and rescue operation to locate the two humanitarian aid ships that went missing en route to Havana, Cuba. Reportedly, there are a total of nine crew members of different nationalities aboard these ships.
According to the announcement, the two vessels departed from Mexico on March 20 to deliver humanitarian aid supplies, and were originally scheduled to arrive at their destination in Cuba between March 24 and 25. However, the ships subsequently lost contact, and as of now there is still no news of their arrival.
The Mexican Navy reported that it has issued alerts to the Fifth Naval District, Ninth Naval District Command, and the Naval Search and Rescue and Maritime Surveillance Station, as well as notifications to the maritime community to expand the search area. Meanwhile, both surface and aerial units have been deployed to conduct sea and air search missions along the presumed route.