In an effort to crack down on drug cartels, a source briefed on the matter tells NBC News that three U.S. warships will be sent near Venezuela. A U.S. official says the ships will be used for intel gathering and surveillance from international waters. NBC News’ Gabe Gutierrez reports.

For more context and news coverage of the most important stories of our day, click here:

» Subscribe to NBC News:
» Watch more NBC video:
» Subscribe to Here’s the Scoop podcast:

NBC News Digital is a collection of innovative and powerful news brands that deliver compelling, diverse and engaging news stories. NBC News Digital features NBCNews.com, MSNBC.com, TODAY.com, Nightly News, Meet the Press, Dateline, and the existing apps and digital extensions of these respective properties. We deliver the best in breaking news, live video coverage, original journalism and segments from your favorite NBC News Shows.

Connect with NBC News Online!
NBC News App:
Breaking News Alerts:
Visit NBCNews.Com:
Find NBC News on Facebook:
Follow NBC News on Twitter:
Follow NBC News on Instagram:

#Trump #Venezuela #Warships

source

div style="text-align: center;">
35 thoughts on “Source: U.S. plans to deploy warships near Venezuela”
  1. A venezuela militia is the equivalent of American Cub Scouts lol Maduro should just leave now to a friendly country to live out his life cause he's about to get cooked 🤣

  2. I am from Venezuela, and I want to clarify that this is not a government; it is a narco‑regime (and it is important to make that clear). For years, my country's armed forces—led by the kingpins Maduro, Diosdado Cabello, and Vladimir Padrino—have been trafficking Colombian cocaine in partnership with the ELN through the states of Zulia and Apure. This “merchandise” leaves the country by air (almost always on night flights, in small planes, from clandestine airstrips in the south of the country, often headed for Honduras) and by sea (mainly through the states of Anzoátegui and Carabobo). No one wants to talk about this in Venezuela because doing so means certain death. So, as far as drug trafficking is concerned, I will leave it at that.

    Approximately 80% of the population lives in poverty, while cartel members and their families live like multimillionaires (their wives and children reside lavishly in the US, Spain, Portugal, the UK, France, and other safe havens). According to some estimates, the regime has stolen between $300 billion and $500 billion from the public treasury over the last 25 years. In the opinion of many, this represents the largest theft from any nation; in fact, the amount stolen by regimes such as Suharto's pales in comparison. (A drug cartel with so many resources, unlimited oil, and armed forces at its service is not exactly something that benefits the stability of this hemisphere, by the way.)

    The minimum wage is $1 per month. The regime grants some extra “benefits” to its employees and repressors (like all oppressive regimes), specifically the possibility of collecting bribes from businesses, transporters, etc. It is a regime that is rotten from head to toe. Maduro is not the president. In the last elections, his scheme to steal the vote was uncovered, and the opposition managed to obtain the voting tallies thanks to a network of volunteers and anonymous military personnel. Those tallies showed Edmundo González (representing opposition leader María Corina Machado) as the winner with almost 70% of the votes. Maduro, finding himself cornered, interrupted the vote count and declared himself the winner—without ever showing the voting tallies (each tally sheet has a QR code that is impossible to replicate).

    By the way, since Maduro is not the legitimate president but merely a drug trafficker who has hijacked the Venezuelan state, the US is fully within its rights to eliminate him (he is just the head of the Cartel of the Suns).

  3. Just another pretext to invade and change the regime in one country.
    Exactly like in irak 🇮🇶, they told us they have nuclear weapons.
    This was another USA pretext to invade and change their regime

  4. its funnty the USA mess up the Economy with sanctions on Venezuela now they people that area trying to make money buy any means your calling htem gangs when the USa distroy the country smh of milloins of people with no FOOD

  5. A corrupt communist NARCO regime that's destroyed the once richest country in South America. We don't need your oil we are drilling and selling from our own massive oil reserves.

  6. Seeing U.S. warships deployed near Venezuela like this is a reminder that our safety and stability shouldn’t rely on military muscle. I believe in a future where diplomacy, strategic partnerships, and economic opportunity, not force, guide our global presence. If that’s the future you want too, vote for me in 2044, for leadership rooted in trust, not tension.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *