President Sheinbaum confirms that one of the sailboats had nine people bound for Cuba. The head of state also announced that one of the vessels carried nine people, although she specified that the Secretariat of the Navy (Semar) would be in charge of providing more information on the matter of the 'Convoy Nuestra América'. According to Semar, both vessels, occupied by activists of Mexican, Cuban, Polish, French, and American nationality, set sail with several tons of humanitarian aid, which included food, medicine, and solar panels. The vessels were scheduled to arrive between March 24 and 25, but their arrival has not been confirmed. In response, the Mexican Navy immediately activated the Marina Plan to safeguard life at sea, deploying surface units and Persuader-type aircraft to carry out search patterns on the estimated route between Isla Mujeres and the Cuban capital, taking into account currents, weather, and possible deviations. This is how Semar's search operation to find the 'Convoy Nuestra América' works. The institution indicated that it maintains international coordination with the Maritime Rescue Coordination Centers (MRCC) of Poland, France, Cuba, and the United States for the exchange of real-time information, given that among the crew members are two women, six men, and a minor under three years of age. The operation includes alerting the naval commands of the fifth region and ninth naval zone, as well as the Naval Search, Rescue, and Maritime Surveillance Stations (Ensar), while continuously analyzing the available data to update the probable drift zones. Additionally, Semar called on commercial, fishing, recreational vessels, and platforms operating in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean to report any sightings. These two sailboats were part of the convoy that sought to deliver aid amid the crisis in Cuba and the US oil blockade. 'There is one boat, a small sailboat, two boats that we are still searching for,' said the head of state during her 'morning' conference. Semar reported that it has activated a search and rescue plan to locate two vessels with nine crew members of various nationalities that disappeared while traveling from Isla Mujeres to Havana to deliver humanitarian aid to Cuba. President Sheinbaum detailed that one of the Navy's ships monitored the route of a cargo ship that had already arrived in Cuba, but the loss of contact was registered with the other two smaller vessels. '(The ship) had contact with them and after a few hours lost it, and from there a search process began.' President Claudia Sheinbaum reported that the search and rescue operation for two Mexican sailboats of the 'Convoy Nuestra América' heading to Cuba continues. The vessels departed on March 21 from Isla Mujeres with humanitarian aid bound for Havana and lost communication at sea. 'The Secretariat of the Navy (Semar) arrived this morning with new humanitarian aid. A third ship, which sailed from Progreso, Yucatán, arrived without incident in Havana.'
