"Trump administration escalates against Maduro's Venezuela Trump's warning comes as his administration ups its pressure on Venezuela's leftist leader Nicolas Maduro, launching a major military deployment in the Caribbean using the world's largest aircraft carrier. Washington says the military activities are geared toward curbing drug trafficking. But Maduro insists the Trump administration is seeking regime change. Since early September, US forces have struck over 20 Venezuelan vessels in the Caribbean Sea and eastern Pacific Ocean which Washington alleges were used for drug smuggling,"
"What did Trump say? "To all Airlines, Pilots, Drug Dealers, and Human Traffickers, please consider THE AIRSPACE ABOVE AND SURROUNDING VENEZUELA TO BE CLOSED IN ITS ENTIRETY," Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform. The US president did not elaborate. But his message follows a warning by the US aviation regulator to major airlines of a "potentially hazardous situation" when flying over Venezuela due to a "worsened security situation and heightened military activity in or around" the country."
President Donald Trump posted a warning urging airlines, pilots, drug dealers and human traffickers to consider Venezuelan airspace closed. The US aviation regulator had warned major airlines of a potentially hazardous situation over Venezuela because of worsened security and heightened military activity. The administration has launched a major military deployment in the Caribbean, including the world's largest aircraft carrier, citing efforts to curb drug trafficking. Since early September, US forces struck over 20 Venezuelan vessels, actions Washington says targeted smuggling; those strikes reportedly killed over 80 people. President Maduro accuses the US of seeking regime change.
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