The U.S. Coast Guard said on the 2nd it intercepted in early September a vessel
in the Caribbean that U.S. authorities allege was illegally transporting fuel to
Cuba. The Coast Guard boarded and inspected the ship and escorted it to Progreso
on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula; the Mexican navy confirmed the vessel’s ballast
tanks contained large quantities of fuel and that several onboard containers are
believed to hold the fuel the U.S. alleges.
