Maduro deploys 15,000 troops on Colombian border amid US operation against drug cartels
Venezuelan Minister of the Popular Power for Interior Diosdado Cabello declared to deploy 15,000 troops to its border with Colombia
CARACAS, Venezuela (MNTV) – Venezuelan Minister of the Popular Power for Interior Diosdado Cabello declared to deploy 15,000 troops to its border with Colombia to fight drug trafficking, as the United States was reported to have sent two additional navy ships to the southern Caribbean as part of an operation against Latin American drug cartels.
Cabello said that Caracas would deploy 15,000 troops to bolster security in Zulia and Tachira states, which border Colombia.
Maduro has accused the US of attempting to foment regime change in Venezuela, and launched a nationwide drive to sign up thousands of militia members to strengthen national security in the country amid the threats from Washington.
The accusations were made as the US announced last week that it had doubled a reward to $50m for the capture of Maduro on drug charges. The US earlier this year increased a reward for Cabello’s arrest or prosecution from $10m to $25m.
Speaking to local media reporters Maduro said,“I am confident that we will overcome this test that life has imposed on us, this imperialist threat to the peace of the continent and to our country.”
USS Lake Erie, a guided missile cruiser, and USS Newport News, a nuclear-powered fast attack submarine, will reportedly arrive in the southern Caribbean by early next week.
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