A Coast Guard news statement issued Sunday saying 22 Cubans started travelling on a wooden boat from Cuba to Mexico before losing power and drifting three days. NEW ORLEANS - The U.S. Coast Guard said it worked with a cruise ship to rescue 23 people adrift for days in the Gulf of Mexico. The Coast Guard said it was contacted early Sunday by a brother of one of the Cubans. In addition to launching its own effort to find the disabled fishing boat, the Coast Guard alerted the Carnival Fantasy. The cruise ship took the 23 people aboard within hours, about 130 nautical miles (210 kilometres) off Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula.

Source: thestar April 14, 2019 21:17 UTC