He Government of Venezuela He warned Tuesday that USA He plans to send “a lanzamisile cruise” and “a nuclear submarine of rapid attack” to the coasts of the South American country next week, among other “warships” deployed in the Caribbean Sea, as part, he said, of the “hostile actions” of the administration of the president Donald Trump.
The permanent mission of Venezuela against the United Nations denounced in a communication “the escalation of hostile actions and threats of the government of the United States of America”, and assured that the deployment in the Caribbean of ships such as “the USS Lake Erie, a launched cruise, and the USS Newport News, a fast attack nuclear submarine, “represents” a serious threat to regional peace and security. “
In that sense, he warns that the arrival of these ships “to the Venezuelan coast is scheduled for the beginning of next week, as confirmed by various international sources”, which does not specify the mission in the text, shared in Telegram by the Foreign and Communication Ministers, Yván Gil and Freddy Ñáñez, respectively.
Venezuela announces deployment of ships in Caribbean waters to combat drug trafficking
The Minister of Defense of Venezuela, Vladimir Padrino Lópezannounced on Tuesday the deployment of ships of “greater porte” in territorial waters of the Caribbean To combat drug trafficking, as part of a reinforcement of the ‘Catatumbo lightning operation‘, which provides for the displacement of military to border regions with Colombia.
“Here we will also have an important deployment with drones with different missions, citizen care points, exploration and surveillance points, points or river tours with the marine infantry through all rivers (…) Naval patrol Instagram
Padrino López He indicated that the reinforcement of this security operation, which began in January of this year, is given before the activation of a “development and peace” area “between Venezuela y Colombia.
“This is very fast planning, since we know the territory, we know geographical conditions and know the conditions and characteristics of terrorist groups, armed, drug traffickers that operate on the border and that aims to go to Venezuelan territory,” he added.
In addition, he said there will be a deployment of aerial media, helicopters, listening, surveillance, intelligence and exploration media.
The Defense head indicated that there will be a surveillance reinforcement with some 15,000 military in 851 kilometers of the 2.219 Kilometers of border line that Venezuela and Colombia share.
