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U.S. warships to patrol international waters around Venezuela as Trump vows to stop cartels
The deployment involves 4,000 U.S. sailors and Marines aiming to disrupt drug trafficking networks tied to Venezuelan and Latin American cartels, including a $50 million reward for Maduro's capture.
- Three U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyers, including USS Gravely, USS Jason Dunham, and USS Sampson, have deployed off Venezuela to combat drug cartels.
- The deployment follows years of rising tensions after the U.S. indicted President Nicolás Maduro in 2020 on narco-terrorism and drug trafficking charges.
- About 4,000 sailors and Marines, supported by P-8 surveillance planes and an attack submarine, will operate in the southern Caribbean as part of this expanded counternarcotics mission.
- Each destroyer is equipped with numerous Tomahawk cruise missiles capable of engaging targets both at sea and on land, highlighting their dual role in counternarcotics efforts and strategic deterrence.
- In response, Maduro mobilized over four million militia members across Venezuela, pledging to defend the country’s territory amid continued U.S. pressure.
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