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Mexico's navy launches a rescue mission for ships delivering aid to Cuba, strained by food and fuel shortages amid a US embargo.
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Mexico has deployed naval search teams and military aircraft to locate the Friendship and Tigger Moth, which were carrying at least nine crew members, the Mexican navy said.
The vessels had been expected to arrive in the Cuban capital, Havana, on Tuesday or Wednesday, but there had been no communication from them and no confirmation of their arrival, the navy said.
They are among several vessels that have sought to carry supplies to the island nation since the US imposed an oil blockade in January, prompting a chronic fuel shortage.
The Mexican navy said it was committed to using all resources at its disposal to locate the boats and ensure the safety of the crews.
The two missing ships departed Isla Mujeres, in Mexico's easternmost state of Quintana Roo, on 20 March.
The nine crew members are from Poland, France, Cuba and the US. Mexico said it has established contact with maritime rescue co-ordination centres from each country along with their diplomatic representatives.
"The captains and crews are experienced sailors, and both vessels are equipped with appropriate safety systems and signalling equipment," the convoy's spokesperson told Reuters in a statement.
"We are co-operating fully with the authorities and remain confident in the crews' ability to reach Havana safely."
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel expressed concern over the missing vessels in a social media post, adding: "From our country, we are doing everything possible in the search and rescue of these brothers in struggle."
Earlier in the week, the Cuban government widely celebrated and warmly received another boat that had carried 14 tonnes of humanitarian aid to the island.
The vessel, dubbed "Granma 2.0" after the boat in which Fidel Castro returned to Cuba to launch its 1950s revolution, delivered solar panels, medicines, baby formula, bicycles and food.
Volunteers and NGOs h
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