US EditionUS military deploys aircraft carrier to South America amid soaring tensions with Venezuela
The deployment aims to enhance U.S. counter-narcotics efforts amid 10 strikes killing 43 people since September, reflecting heightened military activity in the Latin America region.
- On Friday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the USS Gerald R. Ford, in port in Croatia, to sail to U.S. Southern Command waters to bolster detection and disruption efforts.
- The Pentagon says this deployment forms part of efforts to counter narco-terrorism and dismantle drug cartels as U.S. military strikes against suspected drug-running boats quickened to three this week.
- If the full USS Gerald R. Ford strike group arrives it could add nearly 4,500 sailors and nine squadrons of aircraft, joining more than 6,000 sailors and Marines on eight warships already in the region.
- Deploying the carrier immediately escalates U.S. military power, surging resources amid speculation the administration could topple Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and raising regional concern including from Brazil.
- The Pentagon has not produced proof drugs were on the struck boats, Tropical Storm Melissa could soon strengthen into a powerful hurricane, and analysts warn the move could inflame South America.
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