F-35A fighters have been delivered to the Roosevelt Roads US naval base, which – according to the portal – are intended to strengthen the US strike force in Operation Southern Spear, which is aimed at drug trafficking.
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What fighters did the US send to Puerto Rico?
What operations is the US conducting near Venezuela?
What losses did people suffer as a result of the American attacks?
What did President Trump say about the possibility of war with Venezuela?
The F-35As are the first machines participating in this operation to attach glide bombs that are able to hit targets in Venezuela from a long distance, without the need to enter its airspace.
“Their presence in the region is part of the evidence that the US is preparing for shelling,” the portal said.
In a telephone interview with NBC News on Thursday (Friday in Poland), US President Donald Trump said that he did not rule out the possibility of war with Venezuela. When asked if he believed the attacks on the boats of alleged drug traffickers could lead to such a war, Trump replied that it was possible. He added that there will also be further takeovers of tankers.
According to various estimates, at least 104 people have died as a result of American attacks on boats as part of the Trump administration's campaign against drug cartels in the Caribbean and the Eastern Pacific.
The United States has been accusing Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro of running a drug cartel and has been attacking boats that – according to US services – transporting drugs to the United States for several weeks. Last week, American forces also seized a sanctioned tanker off the coast of Venezuela and announced the confiscation of the transported oil, the value of which is estimated at approximately $80 million. On Saturday, they seized a second tanker.
