Trump Administration to Deploy Anti-Drug Navy Ships Near Venezuela

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Trump Administration to Deploy Anti-Drug Navy Ships Near Venezuela
By JOSHUA GOODMAN / AP
April 1, 2020 6:32 PM EDT

MIAMI — President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that Navy ships are being moved toward Venezuela as his administration beefs up counter-narcotics operations in the Caribbean following a U.S. drug indictment against Nicolás Maduro.

The president’s announcement was a break from the daily White House press briefing to discuss the coronavirus pandemic, which has left much of the country in lock-down and which the government warns could cause 100,000 to 240,000 deaths.

“The Venezuelan people continue to suffer tremendously due to Maduro and his criminal control over the country, and drug traffickers are seizing on this lawlessness,” Defense Secretary Mark Esper said after the president’s announcement.

Read more at:  https://time.com/5814148/trump-deploy-anti-drug-navy-venezuela/