/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-infobae.s3.amazonaws.com/public/A2UDSTSLDFCLNLHHURHZUYTCUE.jpg "Three words: the overwhelming message from the US Navy about the largest anti-drug operation in the West")
With three words, he expressed the encouragement he feels for these hours: “We are ready”(We’re ready). He did so by citing messages published on the same social network by the Southern Command.
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The US Southern Command echoed Donald Trump’s announcements and stated: “We are deploying additional Navy destroyers, combat ships, planes and helicopters, coastguards … doubling our capabilities in the region“
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Then he indicated that “in cooperation with the 22 partner nations, will increase the surveillance, interruption and seizure of drug shipments. ”
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Finally, he stated: “We must not allow narco-terrorists to exploit the pandemic to threaten the lives of Americans“
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The president of the United States, Donald trump, announced this Thursday the start of a colossal deployment of warships, aircraft and troops in the Caribbean and the Pacific as part of an anti-narcotics operation designed to stop drug trafficking in the region, especially off the coast of Venezuela.
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Accompanied by the Secretary of Defense, Mark EsperTrump called the operation “the largest in the West”, During a press conference at the White House, and a few days after his government accused Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro and the entire Chavista leadership of narcoterrorism. In addition, Washington imposed millionaire rewards at the same time for the capture of the entire leadership of the regime.
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The operation will aim especially prevent the Venezuelan dictatorship from benefiting from drug trafficking, which Washington points to as the main source of support for its power.
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William Barr, head of the US Department of Justice, indicated that, despite the fact that a large part of the efforts “are focused on COVID-19, at the same time law enforcement and security must protect the american people from the full range of threats“
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“One of our highest priorities must continue to be the destruction of the Mexican cartels. Its trafficking is largely responsible for the death of 70,000 Americans a year, “he said.
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“The cartels need to be defeated, both for the people of Mexico and for the people of Venezuela,” he added.
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The mission is part of the announced commitment by the United States to improve anti-drug operations in the hemisphere. Nevertheless, acquired greater urgency after last week’s indictment of Maduro and members of his inner circle and military. The US Department of Justice accuses them of leading a narcoterrorist conspiracy responsible for smuggling 250 metric tons of cocaine annually into the United States.
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This new maneuver by the Trump government against the Chavista regime It also occurs at a time when Maduro intensifies the attacks and persecution of the interim president of Venezuela, Juan Guaidó..
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Tarek William Saab, attorney general of the dictatorship, summoned Guaidó to testify this Thursday as part of an investigation into an alleged attempted coup. The president of the National Assembly (AN), however, announced that he will not go to the Prosecutor’s Office: “It does not make much sense (the summons) when (William Saab) does not even have functions (…). Also, my constitutional prerogatives as Speaker of Parliament and President-in-Office do not give any role (to Saab), let alone a usurper to quote me. ”
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