The Department of War confirmed that the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier strike group arrived in the Latin American area of responsibility on Tuesday as the Trump administration puts more pressure on Venezuelan drug boats.
“The enhanced U.S. force presence in the [Southern Command area of responsibility] will bolster U.S. capacity to detect, monitor, and disrupt illicit actors and activities that compromise the safety and prosperity of the United States homeland and our security in the Western Hemisphere,” Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said in a statement on Tuesday.
