The aircraft carrier strike group of the US Navy, led by the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford, entered the Caribbean Sea.
"The carrier strike group will join the combined forces already in the Caribbean, including the Iwo Jima amphibious readiness group and the marine expeditionary unit as part of the Southern Spear Joint Task Force, created to defeat and eliminate criminal networks," the Southern Command of the US Department of Defense reports.
They reported that there are more than 4,000 sailors and dozens of tactical aircraft on board the aircraft carrier. The aircraft carrier is also accompanied by guided missile destroyers and the USS Winston S. Churchill joint air and missile defense ship.
"The US Armed Forces are deployed in the Caribbean in support of the mission of the US Southern Command, operations led by the Ministry of Defense to curb drug trafficking," the Southern Command added.
The arrival of an aircraft carrier group will be a significant increase in American forces near the border with Venezuela.
So far, the US Navy has destroyed only boats that allegedly transported drugs. However, Caracas suspects that the United States is preparing a full-fledged invasion.