Trinidad and Tobago explained that the exercises will continue to be carried out “due to the constant acts of violence and activity of criminal gangs,” in order for local security forces and those of the United States to strengthen their coordination. They stated that they had not received instructions to use the action against Venezuela
The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Trinidad and Tobago, Sean Sobers, confirmed this Friday, November 14, that the United States Navy will return to the Caribbean territory to continue its military exercises with the Trinidadian Defense Force (TTDF) amid tensions between the North American country and Venezuela.
These “acts are part of our historic collaboration between the TTDF and the US military,” Sobers said in a press release from his office.
Sobers confirmed the information after the Attorney General of Trinidad and Tobago, John Jeremie, announced that the soldiers of Unit 22 of the US Marine Expedition will intensify their practices in the country from this Sunday until November 21.
The exercises, Sobers added, will continue to be carried out “due to the constant acts of violence and activity of criminal gangs,” in order for local security forces and those of the United States to strengthen their coordination.
“The training will take place across Trinidad and Tobago, in both urban and rural areas, with exercises designed to occur in the evenings and early mornings,” Sobers detailed.
Trinidad and Tobago’s Foreign Minister noted that the United States has not given him any indication that these exercises could be used for any action against neighboring Venezuela, despite current tensions.
Tensions between Venezuela and Trinidad intensified with the docking in Port of Spain a week ago of the USS Gravely, a US destroyer equipped with guided missiles.
After the arrival of the destroyer, Nicolás Maduro called on the people of Trinidad and Tobago to prevent the United States from “starting a war in the Caribbean.”
The arrival of the US Navy occurs shortly after the arrival of the nuclear aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford, the largest and most modern in the fleet, on its route to the Caribbean.
At the end of October, the United States already had eight warships, six of them destroyers, three amphibious ships and one submarine in the area, with a total of thirteen naval units, its largest maritime deployment since the first Persian Gulf War (1990-1991).
In recent weeks, US forces have summarily destroyed more than a dozen boats allegedly linked to drug trafficking in Caribbean and eastern Pacific waters, attacks in which most of their crew members have died, according to the United States.
With information from EFE
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