The U.S. is deploying 3 guided-missile destroyers to waters off Venezuela as part of President Trump's effort to combat threats from Latin American cartels.

China's foreign ministry opposed the American naval deployment near Venezuela amid the Trump administration's effort to combat drug cartels and pressure the Maduro regime.

The president has "pushed for using the U.S. military to thwart cartels he blames for the flow of fentanyl and other illicit drugs," said The Associated Press. As part of this military force, Trump dispatched a trio of U.

The U.S. military has also reportedly deployed several vessels to the southern Caribbean, as part of President Trump's crackdown on Latin American drug cartels.

The U.S. has added a powerful amphibious squadron to a previously revealed deployment of three Navy destroyers nearing Venezuela as part of a major counternarcotics operation.

Venezuela's authoritarian President Nicolas Maduro called on friendly countries to "unite" to defend its "right to sovereignty, peace and self-determination" as U.S. warships move off its coast. Speaking at an extraordinary ALBA-TCP summit,

The Trump administration has doubled the reward for the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro to $50 million.

The Trump administration says Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro is not a legitimate president but the head of a drug-trafficking cartel indicted in the United States.

The Maduro regime has temporarily banned the purchase, sale, and operation of drones in Venezuelan territory, citing national security concerns as tensions with the United States intensify.

The Arleigh Burke destroyers play a critical role in the Navy’s operations. The White House has labeled Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro a “narco-terrorist” and is following up with action. Maduro notably remains a fugitive from a 2020 US indictment on drug trafficking and narco-terrorism charges.

Venezuelan Attorney General Tarek William Saab claimed that the Trump administration's claim about deploying warships off its coast is a "farse" to target the country's authoritarian president, Nicolas Maduro. "The U.S. empire has tried, and failed due to ...