Venezuela Deploys 25k Troops to Coastal Area As US Forces Up the Pressure, Train Amphibious Landings

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Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and senior Pentagon officials made an unannounced visit to US Marines stationed in the Caribbean as well as to Puerto Rico on Monday. The military build-up to to target Venezuelan cartels allegedly threatening America’s borders by moving their product.

Upon a first somewhat dramatic stop and arrival by Osprey aircraft to the USS Iwo Jima warship, Hegseth told US Marines in waters off Puerto Rico that their deployment was “not training” – which is a clear sign the Trump White House intends to keep up its escalatory force posture aimed at Maduro’s Venezuela.