Venezuela displays warships, drones after us send guided missile destroyers to the region
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American warships are directed to Venezuela
Venezuela on Tuesday was displayed warships and drones to patrol the country’s coast after the United States He sent three destroyers To the region to press the president of Strongman, Nicolas Maduro.
In a video on social networks, the Minister of Defense, Vladimir Padrino, announced a display of “significant” drones, as well as naval patrols along his Caribbean coast, including “larger more north vessels in our territorial waters.”
The measure occurs in the midst of growing tensions with Washington, which sent three guided missile and 4,000 marines to Venezuela last week to stop drug trafficking.
On Tuesday, an American source told News that President Donald Trump was sending two more ships to the Caribbean to take energetic measures against drug cartels.
A guided missile cruise, the USS Erie and a quick attack under nuclear motor, the USS Newport News, will be presented in the region next week, said the source familiar with the measure in News on anonymity condition.
Despite the dramatic military accumulation, analysts have minimized the possibility of an American invasion or attacks by the United States in Venezuela.
In the streets of Venezuela, many people also shrugged as a posture.
Maduro, who claimed a third term in July 2024 the elections fogged by the accusations of fraud and an offensive against the opposition, has been in Trump’s sights since the first mandate of the Republic, from 2017 to 2021.
But your policy of Maximum pressure in Venezuelaincluding an oil embargo on force, failed to evict Maduro from power.
“I think what we are seeing represents an attempt to create anxiety in government circles and force Maduro to negotiate something,” said the international analyst of the crisis group, Phil Gunson.
Since he returned to power in January, Mr. Trump’s attacks to Venezuela have focused mainly on the activities of the powerful transnational gangs of the South American country.
Washington accuses Maduro of heading a cocaine traffic poster, Los Soles Cartel, which the Trump administration has designated a terrorist organization.
United States recently He doubled his generosity at $ 50 million in exchange for Maduro’s capture to face drug positions. Last year, the We use a plane Belonging to Maduro and brought it to the United States, with the Department of Justice claiming that the plane was exported as Florida in violation of US sanctions.
“Extravagant threats”
Maduro accused Mr. Trump to try to change regime and launched an impulse to register thousands of militia members. Thousands of civil officials, housewives and retirees aligned In the capital of Venezuela during the weekend to join the country’s militia after Maduro called the citizens Respond to “extravagant threats” by the United States
On Tuesday, Caracas asked the United Nations to intervene in the dispute by demanding “the immediate cessation of US military deployment in the Caribbean.”
Venezuela announced on Monday the deployment of 15,000 troops to the Colombian border to combat drug trafficking.
“Venezuela is a clean territory, free of drug trafficking,” Maduro said on his weekly television program. “… free of coca leaf crops, free! Free of cocaine production.”
Interior Minister, Diosdado Cabello, announced that the Government was deploying the troops to reinforce security in the states of Zulia and Tachira, which border Colombia.
“Here, we fight against drug trafficking, here, we fight against drug cartels on all fronts,” he added, announcing the seizure of 53 tons of drugs so far this year.
In a separate advertisement on Tuesday, the Minister of Defense, godfather, said that an ongoing operation in the northeast corner of Venezuela had resulted in the dismantling of shipyards where criminals intended to “manufacture semi -submersions and ships to transport drugs by sea” to markets in Europe and North America.
Semi -subject ships: known as “Narco sub” – They cannot be completely underwater, but they are popular among international drug traffickers, since sometimes they can avoid police detection. The vessels are often Seen in Colombian Aguas While heading to the United States, Central America and Europe.
News contributed to this report.
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