US EditionUS Deploys F-35s to Caribbean as Tensions with Venezuela Escalate
The deployment adds to a military force of more than 4,500 personnel and seven warships aiming to disrupt narcotics trafficking linked to Venezuelan criminal groups.
- On Friday, the US ordered the deployment of 10 F-35 fighter jets to an airfield in Puerto Rico, joining US warships already operating in the southern Caribbean as Trump pressures Nicolas Maduro.
- After US forces destroyed an alleged drug boat on Tuesday that killed 11 people, Trump linked the strike to Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan criminal organisation he accused Maduro of leading.
- The US build‑up already includes seven warships and one nuclear-powered fast attack submarine carrying more than 4,500 sailors and Marines, while the Pentagon said two Venezuelan military planes flew near a US vessel in international waters Thursday in a "highly provocative" move.
- Caracas responded by accusing Washington of extrajudicial killings, while Nicolas Maduro mobilised Venezuela's military around 340,000 and reservists exceeding eight million, warning `If Venezuela were attacked, it would immediately enter a period of armed struggle`.
- US sources said the jets are intended to conduct operations against designated narco‑terrorist organisations in the southern Caribbean, and officials expect the planes to arrive by late next week, extending US presence and raising tensions.
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Trump threatens to down Venezuelan jets as tensions grow
Donald Trump on Friday threatened to shoot down Venezuelan military jets if they pose a danger to US forces, as Washington deploys F-35 warplanes to Puerto Rico as part of the president's war on drug cartels.
By German Padinger, Jhasua Razo, and Thomas Bordeaux Destroyers, amphibious assault ships, a cruiser, and even a nuclear submarine: the United States has deployed an impressive war fleet in the waters of the Caribbean and around Latin America in recent weeks, with the goal, according to the White House, of combating drug trafficking in the region. All this occurs amid rising tensions with Venezuela, whose government is accused by the United Stat…
USA decided to send 10 warplanes to Puerto Rico, U.S.A., U.S.A., for operations against drug cartels in the Caribbean, reports, reading sources, CBS News. F-35 planes will be sent to an airport on the Caribbean island with three million inhabitants, declared wines for US AFP sources.
Washington announced the dispatch of ten F-35 combat aircraft to Puerto Rico, in a context of increasing tensions with Venezuela.
US deploys F-35s to Caribbean as tensions with Venezuela escalate
The U.S. is deploying 10 F-35 fighter jets to Puerto Rico for counter-narcotics missions, adding to a growing American military buildup in the Caribbean that has already triggered confrontations with Venezuela. The jets are expected to arrive next week as part of President Donald Trump’s campaign pledge to target drug cartels blamed for shipping fentanyl and other narcotics into the U.S. The move comes amid a series of confrontations between the…
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