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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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'Tensions between the US and Venezuela continue to play out at sea'
Tensions between the US and Venezuela continue to play out at sea, with the US accusing two Venezuelan F-16 fighter jets of flying over a US navy ship in international waters. The Department of Defence called the move "highly provocative" and an attempt to interfere with counter narcotics operations. Earlier this week, the US killed 11 people in a military strike against a suspected drug vessel. Click on this report by Camille Knight for more.
The crisis between the United States and Venezuela intensified this Friday with the revelation that Donald Trump ordered the dispatch of 10 advanced F-35 fighter planes to Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory in the Caribbean, to participate in what Washington calls an anti-trafficking mission.In a measure that is likely to further increase tensions in the region, the planes will be sent to a military airfield to conduct operations against designated n…
The U.S. ordered the deployment of 10 F-35 fighter aircraft in a Puerto Rico drome to conduct operations against troops.
Since the US attack on a Venezuelan boat, the situation in the Caribbean has been heated up. Trump's government is now apparently stationing F-35 jets in Puerto Rico. There you can see yourself threatened by Venezuela for some time.
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.
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