Senior Military Official Lands in Venezuela to Oversee US Quake
- A senior US military official, Gen. Kevin J. Jarrard, arrived in Caracas to oversee American support for Venezuela's earthquake relief efforts following a formal request by Venezuela's interim government.
- The twin earthquakes of magnitudes 7.2 and 7.5 near Caracas caused at least 920 deaths, nearly 50,000 missing, and extensive damage in La Guaira, which is under military control.
- US Southern Command is coordinating military aid, including aircraft and ships, to assist with damage assessment and deliver critical relief, mobilized under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at President Trump's direction.
- International assistance includes more than 520 responders from European countries, UK aid of £2 million, and Spanish contributions, while experts highlight the quake as a major humanitarian and geopolitical challenge for Venezuela's future.
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A super hero in marine uniform has been in charge of the strategy and coordination in which nine countries, including Spain, are also collaborating.
The United States has turned aid to Venezuela into a military, diplomatic and financial emergency operation. Washington has sent to Caracas Marine division general Kevin J. Jarrard, a high ranking of the South Command in the country, to coordinate the logistics that will accompany humanitarian assistance following the two earthquakes that have devastated the capital and the central coast. Jarrard landed Thursday from Puerto Rico on board an MV-2…
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America has boots on the ground in Venezuela as it moves forward with relief efforts after two major earthquakes caused vast damage Wednesday. The quakes killed at least 589 people […] The post US Military Arrives in Venezuela to Coordinate Earthquake Relief Efforts appeared first on The Western Journal.
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