United States War Secretary Pete Hegseth visited by surprise on Monday (8) the USS Iwo Jima, an amphibious ship of the American Navy sent to the Caribbean Sea near Venezuela.
The War Department released videos of Hegseth’s visit on X. “What you [militares americanos] They are doing now not training, ”said the secretary.” This is a real exercise in the name of vital national interests in the United States of America – to end the poisoning of the American people, “he added.
The United States recently sent eight war ships and a nuclear submarine for the Caribbean Sea near Venezuela, with the aim of avoiding drugs to the US territory.
Last Tuesday (2), US President Donald Trump announced that a drug boat was hit by US military in the Caribbean Sea. He said the load was from the Venezuelan gang Tren from Aragua and 11 people on board were killed.
On Friday (5), the United States government ordered the sending of ten F-35 fighters to an aerodrome in Puerto Rico (where Hegseth was also today) to perform operations against drug cartels in the Caribbean.
On the same day, Trump said at the White House that “ [aeronaves militares da Venezuela] Putting us in a dangerous position will be slaughtered, ”after the Pentagon has announced that two Venezuelan military aircraft flew near one of the American Navy ships that are in international waters in the Caribbean.
Over the weekend, the president was asked by journalists if he considered ordering attacks within the Venezuela territory against the Los Soles cartel, which Washington associates with dictator Nicolás Maduro, and replied, “You will see.”
Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López announced on Sunday (7) a reinforcement of the military presence in five states of the country bathed by the Caribbean Sea.
