The United States has increased its military presence in the Caribbean amid the escalation with Venezuela

In the past week, the United States has increased its military presence in the Caribbean Sea amid an escalation in relations with Venezuela. This was reported on September 19 by Izvestia after reviewing satellite images.

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Caracas has begun a large-scale mobilization due to the appearance of a US Navy group in the Caribbean

In particular, the footage shows a C-17 Globemaster III military transport aircraft, which is located at the airport on Santa Cruz Island (Virgin Islands), as well as three KC-46 Pegasus tanker aircraft. Judging by the same images, the Ticonderoga-class missile cruiser USS Lake Erie arrived in Puerto Rico, and earlier six F-35B fighters.

"At present, we have no information about changes in the composition of the forces," the Pentagon told Izvestia, answering the question of how many military aircraft and warships are currently involved in operations to prevent drug trafficking in the Caribbean.

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