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Venezuela F-16s Overfly US Destroyer as Pentagon Decries 'Provocation' in Caribbean
- The US has deployed 10 F-35 fighter jets to Puerto Rico to combat drug cartels, according to sources close to the Trump administration.
- This decision follows a lethal US airstrike that killed 11 members of the Tren de Aragua gang off Venezuela's coast.
- The deployment aims to strengthen the US military's presence in the southern Caribbean against narco-terrorist organizations.
- Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro claimed the US is seeking regime change through military threats, amid tensions in the region.
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US sends 10 F-35s to Puerto Rico as tensions with Venezuela flare
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump is sending 10 F-35 fighter jets to Puerto Rico as part of his war on drug cartels, sources familiar with the matter told AFP on Friday, as tensions mount with Venezuela over Washington’s military build-up in the Caribbean.
US President Donald Trump is sending ten F-35 fighter jets to Puerto Rico as part of Trump's pledge to crack down harder on drug cartels in the Caribbean.
Pentagon Confirms 2 Venezuelan Military Aircraft Flew Near US Navy Vessel
The Department of Defense (DOD) on Sept. 4 confirmed that two Venezuelan military planes flew over a U.S. Navy vessel in the Caribbean Sea, two days after the U.S. military destroyed a boat it said was carrying Tren de Aragua members and drugs. “Today, two Maduro regime military aircraft flew near a US Navy vessel in international waters,” the DOD said in a statement posted to X. “This highly provocative move was designed to interfere with our c…
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US sends 10 fighter jets to Puerto Rico as Venezuela tensions grow
US President Donald Trump is sending 10 F-35 fighter jets to Puerto Rico as part of his war on drug cartels, sources familiar with the matter told AFP on Friday, as tensions mount with Venezuela over Washington's military build-up in…
Three missile launch destroyers have already been deployed off Venezuela in late August to combat drug cartels in the Caribbean.
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