The United States is on high alert and is preparing a possible air offensive against military installations in Venezuela linked to drug trafficking networks, according to reports by the Miami Herald and The Wall Street Journal. According to sources close to Donald Trump's administration, the attacks could be carried out "within days or even hours" as part of a comprehensive strategy to weaken the criminal structures of the Chavista regime.
Potential targets would include ports, airports, and naval bases controlled by high-ranking officers of the Venezuelan Army, allegedly used for drug trafficking to the Caribbean and Central America. The operation would have as its direct objective the dismantling of the Cartel of the Suns, a criminal network made up of high-ranking officers of Nicolás Maduro's regime.
Trump strengthens the fight against cartels on the continent
Donald Trump reiterated this week his commitment to the "war on drug trafficking" and warned that his administration will not allow Venezuela to remain a corridor for organized crime. From Japan, the president stated: "We are waging a war like you've never seen before, and we're going to win it."
During the last two months, the United States Armed Forces bombed 15 vessels linked to drug trafficking in the Pacific and the Caribbean, eliminating more than 60 drug operatives. Pentagon sources maintain that the recent results have strengthened Washington's determination to expand its offensive to the mainland.
The aircraft carrier Gerald Ford leads the largest naval deployment in decades
The Department of Defense confirmed that the aircraft carrier USS Gerald Ford, the most advanced ship in the United States fleet, is heading to the Caribbean Sea accompanied by a powerful combat group that includes destroyers, a submarine, and F-35B fighter jets. This is the largest United States military mobilization in the region since the invasion of Panama in 1989.
