United States ships flew near Venezuela in recent weeks

American fighter jets, bombers and surveillance drones They flew near Venezuelan coasts in recent weeks, according to an AFP analysis, amid growing fears of a armed intervention in the Caribbean country.

In August, Washington deployed a fleet of warships to the Caribbean to fight drug trafficking.

Since early September, the US military has killed at least 87 Suspected drug traffickers in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific in about twenty attacks against boats.

The increase in the US military presence has raised tension in the region.

The president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro has accused Washington of using the fight against drug trafficking as a pretext to place a military contingent in the region that in reality seeks to overthrow him and take over the country’s vast oil fields.

According to data from the Flightradar24 tracking website analyzed by AFP, two US Navy F/A-18 aircraft flew over the Gulf of Venezuela for more than 40 minutes on Tuesday, approaching just over 35 kilometers from the coast.

File photograph of aircraft transported on the United States aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford. Photo: EFE/Stephanie Lecocq

That same day, a long-range surveillance drone made repeated passes for several hours along an 800-kilometer stretch of the Caribbean Sea.

Another high-altitude drone flight occurred in the same area on Friday morning.

Furthermore, between the end of October and the end of November, there have been five flights of B-1 and B-52 bombers and two flights of F/A-18 40 kilometers from the Venezuelan coast.

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