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US F-35s Land in Puerto Rico Amid Growing Venezuela Tensions

Venezuela's Foreign Minister, Yván Gil, said on Saturday that American personnel from a U.S. Navy destroyer had boarded a Venezuelan fishing boat in the South American nation's waters on Friday.

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US deploys F-35 jets to Puerto Rico amid escalating tensions with Venezuela

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Hegseth and top general secretly visit Puerto Rico as Venezuela tensions simmer

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US appeals court declines to let Trump remove Fed Governor Cook

President Donald Trump said on Monday that the U.S. military carried out a strike on an alleged Venezuelan drug cartel vessel heading to the United States, the second such strike carried out against a...

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Watch: US strikes second Venezuelan drug boat

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U.S. military again targeted boat allegedly carrying drugs from Venezuela: Trump

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Trump Says US Military Carried Out Second Strike On Venezuelan Drug Boat, Killing Three

Calling the cartels “extremely violent" and a threat to US national security and foreign policy, Trump stressed that the operation was conducted under U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), which oversees...

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US military kills 3 in second deadly strike against ‘narcoterrorists’ in international waters, Trump says

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Venezuela’s Maduro says US behavior is ‘aggression,’ communications largely cut

Top U.S. Military Leaders Visit Puerto Rico As Caribbean Operations Aimed At Venezuela Heat Up

Puerto Rico has become a major staging ground for capabilities used in the Trump administration's fight against Caribbean drug trafficking.

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Maduro Blasts Puerto Rico Governor for Supporting U.S. Military Drills: 'If You Claim You'll Invade Venezuela, Be the First to Come'

Governor González expressed her backing for the U.S. military operations earlier this week describing the deployment of forces as an effort to "attack the source" of drug trafficking

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Six F-35B stealth fighters land in Puerto Rico as part of Trump’s expanded anti-narcotics mission amid souring US-Venezuela tensions

Six F-35B stealth fighters landed in Puerto Rico. They joined a US military operation against drug cartels. This deployment is one of the largest in the Caribbean in recent years. It follows rising tensions with Venezuela.