Source: Fox News
“The United States has significantly increased its military presence across the Caribbean under U.S. Southern Command, deploying bombers, warships and Marines as part of an expanded campaign [using supposed] drug-trafficking and so-called ‘narco-terrorist’ networks operating near Venezuela [as the basis for an attempt to distract us from other things]. In addition to seven strikes on boats [alleged without evidence] to be carrying narcotics, the Trump administration has built up thousands of troops in the region. War Secretary Pete Hegseth this month announced the creation of a new counter-narcotics Joint Task Force operating near Southern Command, saying it was established ‘to crush the cartels, stop the poison, and keep America safe.'” (10/21/25)