US EditionMilitary Strikes on Venezuela Appear Increasingly Likely
The U.S. deployed a strike group with over 4,000 personnel and 90 aircraft near Venezuela to target drug cartels exporting 500 tons of cocaine annually, officials said.
- On Oct. 24, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford and its strike group into the Caribbean as the Trump Administration decided to attack Venezuelan military sites.
- U.S. officials say the increased military presence aims to disrupt drug-trafficking networks tied to the Caracas regime, including the Cartel of the Suns embedded in Venezuela's military exporting around 500 tons of cocaine yearly.
- Carrier strike group includes more than 4,000 personnel and roughly 90 combat aircraft, reinforced in September with 10 F-35B fighters and armed MQ-9 Reaper drones based in Puerto Rico.
- Analysts conclude the deployment's scale signals removing Nicolás Maduro, while Mark F. Cancian says forces enable strikes but not prolonged invasion, and sources note more than one Venezuelan general may betray Maduro.
- Washington has doubled the reward on Nicolás Maduro, President of Venezuela, to $50 million and President Donald Trump designated cartels, with officials shifting operations ashore.
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The US newspaper Miami Herald reports that the US has decided to launch airstrikes on Venezuelan military bases. Leaders of the "Sun Cartel," believed to be linked to President Maduro, will be targeted. The joint air-naval operation could begin within hours or days.
kreiszeitung.de
The US has deployed a large Caribbean task force near Venezuela, including the USS Iwo Jima and six destroyers.
The US is attacking presumably drug boats. Officially, the use is supposed to contain the smuggling. Internationally, it is controversial, and it does not hit the main route.
Los Angeles Times
Independent EspañolPresident Nicolás Maduro again accused the United States of trying to impose an “extravagant” narrative to justify an attack on Venezuela and a regime change in the South American country.
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