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Media: Pentagon wants to send fighter planes to Puerto Rico
In the Caribbean, the United States is increasingly relying on its military – according to its own statements, to act against drugs. Now, according to the US media, they should move fighter planes.
According to US media reports, the US Department of Defense has ordered the sending of fighter jets to Puerto Rico. The ten Type F-35 machines should support in the fight against drug cartels, reported the newspaper “New York Times”, the broadcaster CBS News and the portal “The Hill”, citing an official of the Ministry of Defense or the matter.
Puerto Rico is an outside area of the United States, but is not one of the United States as an associated Free State. The island is located in the Caribbean, north of Venezuela.
On the late Thursday evening (local time), the Pentagon on the platform X announced that two military aircraft from Venezuela had flown near a ship of the US Navy. This was found in international waters. “This extremely provocative campaign aimed to disturb our missions against drug terror,” the post said. The Ministry of Defense warned Venezuela of further attempts to hinder the US military missions against drugs.
Eleven deaths in US strike against alleged drug smuggler boat
A few days ago, the United States said in the Caribbean an alleged drug smuggler boat from Venezuela and killed eleven suspects. According to US President Donald Trump, the attack against the Venezuelan drug gang tren de Aragua, which is classified by the US government as a foreign terrorist organization.
The US military’s blow raised some questions. So Trump and his Foreign Minister Marco Rubio initially gave different information in which direction the attacked boat was moving. Trump spoke of the United States, Rubio initially of Trinidad and Tobago or another Caribbean country. It was also unclear what a legal basis the United States acted.
The conflict between Venezuela and the United States had previously tightened: According to media reports, the USA has been relocated to several warships in front of the Venezuelan Caribbean coast in recent weeks to intercept drug smugglers.
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Source: Stern
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