"The US Navy on Sunday confirmed that its most advanced fighting ships had arrived in the Caribbean Sea as the White House continues to make threats against Venezuela. In a statement, the Navy said that the USS Gerald R. Ford and its accompanying carrier strike group which includes fighter jets, two guided-missile destroyers, and other support vessels and aircraft had joined several other US warships already in the Caribbean as part of Operation Southern Spear."
"The US has been very active off the coasts of several Latin American countries of late, most notably Venezuela, in what it has declared a war on transnational "narcoterrorism." This designation is key, allowing the use of US military force in the fight. Over the past several weeks, the US has carried out at least 20 attacks on small boats in the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean, killing at least 80 individuals whom Washington claims were drug traffickers."
A US carrier strike group centered on the USS Gerald R. Ford has arrived in the Caribbean as part of Operation Southern Spear, joining nearly a dozen Navy ships and about 12,000 sailors and Marines. SOUTHCOM leadership stated American forces stand ready to combat transnational threats in the region. The US has framed recent activity as a war on transnational "narcoterrorism," enabling military operations. Recent weeks have seen at least 20 US attacks on small boats in the Caribbean and Pacific, with reports of roughly 80 deaths and critics calling the strikes illegal extrajudicial killings. US naval exercises are ongoing with regional partners such as Trinidad and Tobago near Venezuela.
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