One step before war USA and Venezuela. Donald Trump is continuing airstrikes against ships off the Caribbean coast, with the goal, he says, of eradicating drug-trafficking rings. His government announced on Friday (24.10.2025) that it is sending an aircraft carrier to the region, a fact denounced by its president VenezuelaNicolas Maduro, stressing that “they are wondering about a new war”.
Since September (when the strikes in the Caribbean began) until today, the US has carried out at least 10 raids, killing at least 43 people. The president of Venezuela warns him Donald Trump how it leads the 2 countries to the brink of war. “They are devising a new eternal war, promising never to start a war again, and manufacturing a war that we will prevent.” stressed Nicolas Maduro, in his speech.
The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Fordthe world’s largest strike force, will “reinforce” the means deployed “to prevent drug trafficking and disrupt international criminal organizations in the U.S. military’s area of responsibility, which includes Central and South America,” the Pentagon announced via X (formerly Twitter).
Their purpose, according to the Pentagon, is to enable the US to identify, track and stop illegals and illegal activities.”
So far 8 US ships with thousands of marines and 10 F-35 aircraft have been deployed in the area.
“The terrorist organization Tren de Aragua was hit”
The Pentagon’s announcement came hours after the latest US strike in the Caribbean on Thursday night.
“Overnight, at the order of President Trump, it was conducted fatal strike against vessel used by Tren de Aragua”a gang founded in Venezuela, which the US government designated earlier this year as a “terrorist” organization,” the US Secretary of Defense announced via X Pete Hegseth.
“The 6 male narco-terrorists on board were killed,” it added, accompanying the post with a video showing a ship moving in the dark before an explosion destroyed it.
The new strike was carried out “in international waters”, he clarified.
Legality of American businesses questioned by experts, as they are conducted in foreign or international territorial waters and the suspects are neither arrested nor interrogated.
US military operations are escalating tension in the region not only with Venezuela, but also with neighboring Colombia.
Colombia is also in Donald Trump’s sights
Yesterday, Washington imposed economic sanctions against the president of Colombia, Gustavo Petrosaccusing him of doing nothing to reduce drug production in the country.
Gustavo Petros who characterized the American strikes “extrajudicial executions”, he stressed via X that he has no intention of backing down because of it “mafia-style extortion” adding that his country will not “kneel” and is “nobody’s colony”.
Donald Trump decided that does not need congressional approval to order operations against Venezuela or other countries who, according to him, are involved in drug trafficking. “We’re just going to kill the people who bring drugs into our country, okay?”he said, comparing drug cartels to the jihadists of the Islamic State (IS).
“The next stage is the land operation”he threatened.
The Caracaswhich accuses Washington of wanting to topple President Maduro, warned that it has somewhere 5,000 anti-aircraft portable missiles (MANPADS) of Russian manufacture that it could use against US forces.
OR Brazila major player in the region, expressed concern about the US airstrikes, which are being carried out “without evidence”. “We cannot accept external intervention” that “could set fire to South America,” Celso Amorim, President Lula’s special adviser on foreign policy issues, said in an interview with Agence France-Presse.