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The United States increases military action in Latin America, striking drug vessels, releasing USS Gerald R. Ford, and resuming jungle training in Panama.
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United States eliminates 3 in strike on believed drug vessel.
USS Gerald R. Ford goes into Caribbean in the middle of stress.
United States resumes jungle warfare training in Panama.
The USS Gerald R. Ford, the world’s biggest attack aircraft carrier, got in a location under control of the United States Naval Forces Southern Command, which includes Latin America and the Caribbean.(IMAGE: AFP)
The United States has actually dramatically intensified its military posture in Latin America, performing another deadly strike on a thought narcotics-smuggling vessel even as its most sophisticated carrier went into the Caribbean Sea in a significant program of force.
In a declaration launched Sunday, the Pentagon stated that on November 15, Joint Task Force Southern Spear performed a “deadly kinetic strike” on a vessel run by a designated terrorist organisation. The strike, ordered by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, targeted a boat travelling along a known narco-trafficking route in the Eastern Pacific. Three men described as “narco-terrorists” were eliminated. The United States stated intelligence verified the vessel was bring narcotics and running in worldwide waters.
This was potentially the 21st such American strike on believed smuggling boats given that September. A minimum of 83 individuals have actually been eliminated in these operations throughout the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific as the Trump administration magnifies what it states is a project versus drug-trafficking networks.
The escalation accompanies the arrival of the USS Gerald R. Ford– the United States Navy’s most sophisticated attack aircraft carrier– in the Caribbean on Sunday, marking the biggest American military accumulation in the area in generations.
On Nov. 15, at the instructions of Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, Joint Task Force Southern Spear carried out a deadly kinetic strike on a vessel run by a Designated Terrorist Organization. Intelligence validated that the vessel was associated with illegal narcotics smuggling, … pic.twitter.com/iM1PhIsroj— U.S. Southern Command (@Southcom) November 16, 2025
The Ford and its accompanying provider strike group transited the Anegada Passage near the British Virgin Islands and will sign up with almost a lots Navy vessels and around 12,000 sailors and Marines currently released under “Operation Southern Spear.”
Rear Adm. Paul Lanzilotta, who commands the carrier group, said its presence would “protect our nation’s security and prosperity against narco-terrorism in the Western Hemisphere,” including that the release broadens a currently considerable United States marine footprint offshore.
Venezuela, nevertheless, sees the accumulation as a pressure strategy directed at President Nicolás Maduro. The United States firmly insists the operations are strictly counter-narcotics, however the scale of the implementation, integrated with duplicated deadly strikes, has actually raised concerns about Washington’s wider objectives in South America.
Individually, Army Secretary Dan Driscoll stated on Sunday that United States soldiers have actually rebooted jungle warfare training in Panama, signalling yet another growth of American military activity in the area. “We’re reactivating our jungle school,” he told CBS, adding that forces would be ready to act on whatever orders President Trump and Secretary Hegseth issued.
Shankhyaneel Sarkar
Shankhyaneel Sarkar is a Chief Sub-Editor at News18. He covers international affairs, where he focuses on breaking news to in-depth analyses. He has over seven years of experience during which he has covered se…Read More
Shankhyaneel Sarkar is a Chief Sub-Editor at News18. He covers international affairs, where he focuses on breaking news to in-depth analyses. He has over seven years of experience during which he has covered se…
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First Published:
November 17, 2025, 02:55 IST
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