US EditionFlorida Sen. Moody Applauds Trump Deploying Warships To Venezuela To Combat Drug Trafficking
The US targets drug trafficking linked to Venezuelan leader Maduro and associated cartels with a $50 million bounty amid Venezuela's militia mobilization against perceived threats.
- On August 21, Florida Senator Ashley Moody praised President Trump's deployment of three U.S. warships near Venezuela to combat drug trafficking.
- This deployment follows escalated U.S. pressure, including doubling the bounty on Nicolás Maduro to $50 million for drug trafficking, amid ongoing accusations linking Maduro to the Cartel de los Soles.
- The U.S. military sent about 4,000 personnel and Aegis-class destroyers as part of a counternarcotics mission, while Venezuela mobilized 4.5 million militia members, denouncing U.S. actions as threats to sovereignty.
- Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt called Maduro a "fugitive head of this cartel," while a 2020 study showed 90% of cocaine enters the U.S. through regions other than Venezuela's coast, casting some doubt on the operation's focus.
- Senator Moody emphasized recent fentanyl legislation and asserted that the United States will no longer ignore the challenges posed by drug trafficking, underscoring a continued commitment to combating narcotics despite concerns from regional leaders that military interventions may threaten stability in Latin America.
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The U.S. government calls Venezuela's president a criminal and spends a million-dollar money on him. Now three U.S. Navy ships are heading into the country to intercept drug shipments there. Maduro wants to mobilize millions of millizionaries in return.
US President Donald Trump has decided to deploy three warships off the coast of Venezuela on the grounds of the fight against drug trafficking, announced Wednesday, August 20, an American official. The shipment, which takes place against the backdrop of increased tension between the two countries, was condemned by the countries members of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Americas (Alba).
US President Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to send three Navy warships to the coast of South America to crack down on drug cartels, a move that expands the Pentagon's role in the fight against drug trafficking and intensifies the US confrontation with Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
U.S. destroyers are said to intercept illegal drug shipments. Washington accuses left-wing powerman Maduro of violating drug laws.
The US has pledged 50 million dollars of bounty to Venezuela's dictator Maduro. Now they are escalating the conflict further: According to the US media, several warships are on their way south.
U.S. Warships Near Venezuela Raise Fears of Wider Tensions in Latin America
The United States has sent three guided-missile destroyers and about 4,000 personnel close to Venezuela in what Washington calls a counternarcotics mission. At the same time, the State Department doubled its reward for information leading to the capture of President Nicolás Maduro to up to $50 million, saying it does not recognize him as Venezuela’s […]
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