The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier moved into Latin American waters Tuesday as the US ramped up its military buildup targeting drug traffickers operating out of Venezuela.
The US Navy’s 4th Fleet did not specify the Ford’s location Tuesday, but did confirm it was in the US Southern Command’s (SOUTHCOM) area of responsibility — which includes Central America, the waters off Central and South America, and the Caribbean Sea.
The Ford and its three guided-missile destroyers join eight warships, a nuclear submarine and F-35 aircraft already in the SOUTHCOM region.
Since Sept. 2, the US military has conducted 19 strikes against suspected drug transport vessels, killing at least 76 people the Pentagon claims are part of global trafficking gangs.
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