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.