US deploys aircraft carrier to Caribbean to combat alleged drug boats | ABC NEWS
The US is upscaling its military presence in the Caribbean, as the Pentagon announced the US Navy will deploy the USS Gerald Ford aircraft carrier group to the region in a so-called crackdown on drugs.
Washington has carried out 10 air strikes on suspected drug-smuggling vessels in these waters over the past month.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has condemned the attacks and accused the Trump administration of ‘fabricating’ a new war.
US President Donald Trump has doubled down on the killing of what he calls ‘narco terrorists’.
Human Rights Watch’s Washington director Sarah Yager says the military strikes are ‘unlawful’ and amount to extrajudicial killings.
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