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Top US Military Officer Visits Puerto Rico Amid Pressure on Venezuela
General Dan Caine visits amid Operation Southern Spear with increased U.S. forces, raising concerns over impacts on Vieques' cleanup and regional tensions with Venezuela.
- On Monday, the nation's top military officer, General Dan Caine, visited Puerto Rico to meet U.S. troops and sailors supporting operations across the Caribbean, amid the largest U.S. force buildup in decades.
- Operation Southern Spear, the buildup Caine helped design, underpins the deployment of at least five F-35B jets, helicopters, V-22 Ospreys, and a campaign targeting suspected drug-smuggling linked to President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela.
- A five-month FAA airspace restriction over Ceiba started Nov. 1, local officials reported training at Camp Santiago on Nov. 20, and ammunition disposal was authorized at Vieques.
- Puerto Rico Resident Commissioner Pablo José Hernández demanded immediate answers in a Friday letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and requested a full briefing, while the Pentagon has not publicly responded.
- With Hegseth saying the move opens new options, Salazar warned `We can take him out, we can extradite him, or we can go in and try and finish his regime` after the November 16 designation of Cartel de los Soles.
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Puerto Rico’s Representative Demands Answers as Military Activity Surges on the Island
Ramon "Tonito" Zayas/APPuerto Rico Resident Commissioner Pablo José Hernández is demanding immediate answers from the Pentagon after a spike in unexplained military activity on the island, warning that communities “cannot bear additional uncertainty” as the U.S. increases its forces across the Caribbean.“Any indication of new military operations in Vieques — whether on the ground or in FAA-controlled airspace — requires a clear and immediate exp…
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