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According to the report, US President Donald Trump warned on Saturday that the airspace above and near Venezuela should be considered closed, the latest escalation in a standoff with leader Nicolas Maduro.
“To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social network, “please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY. “The US president did not elaborate.
The report stated that Trump’s administration is piling pressure on Venezuela, with a major military deployment in the Caribbean that includes the world’s largest aircraft carrier. Washington says the aim is to curb drug trafficking, but Caracas insists regime change is the ultimate goal.
The report added that US forces have carried out strikes against more than 20 alleged Venezuelan drug smuggling vessels in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean since early September, killing at least 83 people. Washington has yet to release evidence that the ships it targeted were used to smuggle drugs or posed a threat to the US, and experts say the strikes amount to extrajudicial killings, even if they target known traffickers.
In addition to the report, US aviation authorities last week urged civilian aircraft operating in Venezuelan airspace to exercise caution due to the worsening security situation. They heightened military activity in or around Venezuela. That warning prompted six airlines, which account for much of the travel in Latin America, to suspend flights to Venezuela.
Source: The Defense Post
“To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social network, “please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY. “The US president did not elaborate.
The report stated that Trump’s administration is piling pressure on Venezuela, with a major military deployment in the Caribbean that includes the world’s largest aircraft carrier. Washington says the aim is to curb drug trafficking, but Caracas insists regime change is the ultimate goal.
The report added that US forces have carried out strikes against more than 20 alleged Venezuelan drug smuggling vessels in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean since early September, killing at least 83 people. Washington has yet to release evidence that the ships it targeted were used to smuggle drugs or posed a threat to the US, and experts say the strikes amount to extrajudicial killings, even if they target known traffickers.
In addition to the report, US aviation authorities last week urged civilian aircraft operating in Venezuelan airspace to exercise caution due to the worsening security situation. They heightened military activity in or around Venezuela. That warning prompted six airlines, which account for much of the travel in Latin America, to suspend flights to Venezuela.
Source: The Defense Post