Venezuela Says It Is Sending Extra Troops to Coast to Stop Drug Traffickers
The US Navy warship USS Sampson (DDG 102) docks at the Amador International Cruise Terminal in Panama City on Sept. 2, 2025. Martin Bernetti/AFP via Getty Images
Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino said Sept. 7 that more troops would be sent to states along the country’s Caribbean coast to combat drug trafficking, five days after the U.S. military killed 11 people aboard a boat allegedly carrying narcotics from Venezuela.
Padrino said Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro had ordered 15,000 additional troops to be deployed.
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