The aircraft carrier USS Gerald Ford – the most advanced ship in the US fleet – is advancing towards the Caribbean Sea accompanied by destroyers.
MIAMI.- The United States has significantly increased its military presence in the Caribbean while it evaluates, according to reports from the Miami Herald and The Wall Street Journalthe possibility of launching bombings against military installations within Venezuela. The sources cited by both media insist that this is a decision that could be carried out at any time, although President Donald Trump has not yet given the final order.
The naval deployment is already visible. The USS aircraft carrier Gerald Ford —the most advanced ship in the US fleet— advances towards the Caribbean Sea accompanied by destroyers, a submarine, P-8 patrol aircraft and F-35B fighters. This is the largest operation in the area since the invasion of Panama in 1989, a maneuver that Washington presents as part of its anti-drug strategy, and which coincides with a sharp deterioration in relations with the dictatorship of Nicolás Maduro.
Meanwhile, political pressure continues. He Miami Herald He cited a source who assured that “Maduro’s time is running out” and noted that there would be high-ranking officials willing to capture him. However, US officials avoided confirming whether the Venezuelan ruler would be among the possible targets of an eventual air attack.
He Wall Street Journal He specified that the targets considered include ports, naval installations, airstrips and other points controlled by the Venezuelan military that are accused of being part of the routes used for drug trafficking. The purpose of the operation would be both to weaken the Cartel of the Suns – a network made up of high-ranking officers accused by the Treasury Department of facilitating the departure of cocaine shipments – and to force a political departure from Maduro.
This information emerged just the same day that the UN accused the United States of “violating international law” following recent attacks against ships in the Caribbean and the Pacific. For its part, Washington justifies the bombings—15 boats destroyed since September—as part of an unprecedented offensive against drug trafficking networks.
Trump himself defended this line of action against the Venezuelan regime on Tuesday, reiterating that he will also stop the entry of drugs “by land” and celebrating the results of the maritime campaign. “We are fighting a war like you have never seen before, and we are going to win that battle,” he said during a speech to American troops in Japan.
