A search-and-rescue operation has been activated in the Caribbean by Mexico's navy to locate two sailboats carrying humanitarian aid to Cuba, which were reported missing en route to Havana.

<img alt="Two catamaran sailboats are seen sailing on a body of water" height="349" src="https://i.cbc.ca/ais/0c5c8378-1a86-4d87-9c6d-a73db80cc321,1774592153813/full/max/0/default.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C286%2C5500%2C3093%29%3BResize%3D%28620%29" title="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, in Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo state, Mexico, March 21, 2026. Mexico’...