{"id":173547,"date":"2025-09-05T11:46:43","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T15:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=173547"},"modified":"2025-09-05T11:46:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T15:46:43","slug":"venezuelan-fighter-jets-provocatively-flew-near-us-navy-ship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=173547","title":{"rendered":"Venezuelan fighter jets provocatively flew near US Navy ship"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The US Department of Defense is accusing Venezuela of flying two of its fighter aircraft near a U.S. Navy ship. The Department of Defense is describing this as a highly provocative move in international waters aimed at interfering with America’s counter narcotic terror operations. On a post on X, the U.S. warned the cartel running Venezuela not to abstract US operations related to counter narcotics.<\/p>\n

From Fox News:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

“Today, two Maduro regime military aircraft flew near a U.S. Navy vessel in international waters. This highly provocative move was designed to interfere with our counter narco-terror operations,” the Defense Department wrote in a statement posted to X. “The cartel running Venezuela is strongly advised not to pursue any further effort to obstruct, deter or interfere with counter-narcotics and counter-terror operations carried out by the U.S. military.”<\/p>\n

On Friday, Reuters reported that the U.S. 10 F-35 fighter jets to a Puerto Rico airfield as part of its efforts to combat drug cartels.<\/p>\n

Venezuela’s actions followed an unprecedented U.S. Marine strike Tuesday on a cartel-operated vessel. The Trump administration later said 11 members of the notorious Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua — a U.S.-designated terrorist organization — were killed in the strike.<\/p>\n

Prior to the strike on Tuesday, U.S. efforts to counter cartels and international gang organizations had taken place largely in the form of seizure and apprehension operations. The strike, however, appeared to signal that the Trump administration was shifting towards a tougher new approach.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, during a visit to Ecuador, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that two gangs were being reclassified as foreign terrorist organizations. Rubio also slammed the Venezuelan leadership’s involvement in the drug trade. He went on to condemn Nicol\u00e1s Maduro as an “indicted drug trafficker” and a “fugitive of American justice.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Additional Reading:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wolf, R.(2025, September 5). Venezuelan military jets buzz US Navy ship in ‘highly provocative’ move, Pentagon says. Fox News. Link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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