THE Donald Trump He ordered an amphibious armor, including three rocket launchers and equalized helicopters with 2,200-4,000 marines, off VenezuelanAs part of the fight against “drug trafficking”, sources of Reuters and AFP news agencies told his government on Wednesday (20.08.2025), with the backdrop of further exacerbating the already high tension between Washington and Caracas.
The two countries have been on the knives for years and the development of forces is recorded while US President Donald Trump is stepping up pressure on his Venezuelan counterpart, Nicolas Maduro: in early August, he doubled in $ 50 million for the amount of money for information.
According to Reuters sources, which were expressed on the condition that they are not named, the USS San Antonio, USS Iwo Jima and USS Fort Lauderdale vessels, with 4,500 members of the US military personnel, including 2,200 Marines, are expected to have arrived in the area on Sunday.
In addition, at least three warships have been ordered to sail in the area, USS Gravely, USS Jason Dunham and USS Sampson. They are destroyers equipped with directed rockets and the AEGIS system, class Arleigh Burke. Also in the area is expected at least one submarine.
According to US media, it is projected to be sent to the area near the shores of Venezuela some 4,000 marines.
Donald Trump highlights the fight against drug trafficking to justify various spectacular decisions he has made from his return to the White House in January, from customs duties in Mexico and Canada as the wave of immigrant arrests from Latin.
The US government, which does not recognize Nicolas Maduro’s victory – challenged by the opposition – in the July 2024 presidential election in Venezuela, accuses him of being the “head” of an international “drug trafficking network”.
White House spokesman Caroline Levit described the Venezuelan government “drug cartel” Tuesday, and President Maduro “fugitive leader of this cartel”.
Asked about the possibility that the US Armed Forces taking action in Venezuela said that Donald Trump would use “all the means” to “prevent the drug from flooding our country”.
As he described as a “miserable” and “coarse propaganda political business” the increase in US remuneration for his arrest, President Maduro announced on Monday that 4.5 National Guard will develop to “guarantee the coverage of the whole territory”.
The National Guard of Latin America was established by former deceased former President Hugo Chavez, whose Mr Maduro is considered a political heir. According to official sources, it has some 5 million members, citizens or reserves, and refers to the General Staff.