The boats, with nine crew members, left Isla Mujeres on March 21st and there is still no news of their whereabouts.

Two sailboats with nine crew members disappeared in the Caribbean, after leaving Isla Mujeres, Mexico, on March 21, with the aim of delivering humanitarian aid to Cuba.

According to reports from the EFE news agency, the Mexican Navy (Semar) activated a search and rescue plan to locate two vessels, as so far, a week later, there is no news about their whereabouts.

The Mexican Navy confirmed that the crew members are of different nationalities, including a three-year-old child, and that they were headed to Havana.

According to the Mexican institution, they were scheduled to arrive between March 24 and 25, and this did not happen, so the corresponding protocols were activated, “in compliance with the responsibility of the Mexican State to safeguard human life at sea.”

These sailboats belonged to the Mexican delegation of the so-called ‘Our America convoy’, which is aligned with the Cuban regime and has been arriving on the island in recent days.

The Navy is also in communication with the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centres (MRCC) of Poland, France, Cuba and the United States, the nationalities of the crew members.

In addition, they deployed surface and air assets, including ‘Persuader’ type aircraft, on the estimated route between Isla Mujeres and Havana, to detect “possible points of change of course, as well as the prevailing weather conditions and ocean currents in the region.”

However, a spokesperson for the convoy told El País on Thursday that “this is a standard search and rescue protocol that is activated when vessels lose contact. At this stage, there are no indications of an emergency situation.” @ADNCuba