The US Secretary of War ordered the Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier, the most powerful in the US navy, to join the strategy against drug trafficking from Venezuela.
Mexico City, November 16 (However).- The aircraft carrier Gerald R. Fordthe largest and most advanced that the navy of States Joined (EU), arrived at Mar Caribbean to join the strategy of President Donald Trump to combat vessels Venezuela that are supposedly used by cartels to traffic drugs. At the same time, the Southern Command of the US Government announced a new attack on a boat that left a balance of three people dead.
In a statementhe Southern Command of the War Department American highlighted that the ship will join the naval units already deployed as part of the Joint Task Force Southern Spearby instructions of the Secretary Pete Hegseth.
The USS Gerald R. Ford has the capacity to transport four thousand sailors and dozens of aircraft on board, in addition to being able to perform simultaneous operations for the takeoff and landing of fixed-wing aircraft on the deck, either during the day or at night.
In addition to the powerful aircraft carrier that joined the US forces deployed in the Caribbean, there are nine combat aircraft, two guided missile destroyer vessels, the USS Bainbridge and the USS Mahan, as well as the command and integrated defense ship USS Winston S. Churchill.
With the arrival of reinforcements, the commander of Southern Command, Admiral Alvin Holsey, stated that they are ready to “combat transnational threats that seek to destabilize our region.”
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— U.S. Southern Command (@Southcom) November 16, 2025
“The deployment of the USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group represents a crucial step in reinforcing our resolve to protect the security of the Western Hemisphere and the security of the American homeland,” he declared.
EU attacks another “narcolancha”
While the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford arrived in Caribbean waters, the US Southern Command (Southcom) reported that yesterday a new attack was carried out on an alleged vessel used to transport drugs, as a result of which three people who were traveling on board died.
“On November 15, by order of Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic attack against a vessel operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization,” Southcom said on social media.
The US military forces stated in their publication that, according to information from the intelligence services, it was confirmed that the vessel was used for “illicit narcotics smuggling” and “was transiting a known drug trafficking route.”
“Three male narcoterrorists aboard the ship died. The ship was trafficking narcotics in the Eastern Pacific and was attacked in international waters,” the Command stated.
On Nov. 15, at the direction of Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization. Intelligence confirmed that the vessel was involved in illicit narcotics smuggling,… pic.twitter.com/iM1PhIsroj
— U.S. Southern Command (@Southcom) November 16, 2025