What is the power of warships sent by the US to the Caribbean Sea and when will they be close to Venezuela?

LOOK: Is the United States a military intervention in Venezuela to overthrow Maduro, as he did with Noriega in Panama?

This fleet started at the beginning of last week from its base in Norfolk, Virginiabut he had to return due to the passage of Hurricane Erin. The NYT said Friday that it is expected to go out soon and it is likely that it will arrive in the next few days to its destination.

This amphibious group will be supported by the deployment of several surveillance planes P-8 and a submarine.

He Iwo Jima Anfibio Group It is one Mini Full War Fleetwith the ability to launch air attacks, amphibious landings and long -range missilesprotect against submarines and enemy missiles, and can sustain an expeditionary force of thousands of Marines anywhere in the world.

USA will also approach the coast of Venezuela to three destroyers: the USS Jason Dunhamhe USS Serly and the USS Sampson. The first two recently participated in the American campaign against the hutis rebels of Yemen in it Red Sea. While the third navigates from the Eastern Pacific, the NYT said.

The three ships are destroyers with guided missiles of the Arleight Burke class, are equipped with more than 90 missiles, including the Tomahawk. They can perform anti -aircraft and anti -submarine fighting, and knock down ballistic missiles. In addition, they are able to track more than 100 targets at the same time.

Even he Uss Sampson has power to perform nuclear attacks.

Washington accuses Ripe to lead the Los Soles Cartelan alleged organization dedicated to massive traffic of cocaine toward USA that would be headed by the Venezuelan president and his military dome. He recently doubled the reward for the capture of the Chavista leader to 50 million dollars.

In addition, in June The United States appointed the Los Soles Cartel as a terrorist organization. That nomenclature Open the door to the use of military force in direct operationsenables the judicial persecution of any person or entity that collaborates with them, authorizes immediate financial sanctions and the freezing of assets in any ally country, in addition to facilitating the extradition of its members.

USA He has not given many details of the naval mission in the Caribbean. On Tuesday, the White House Press Secretary, Karoline Leavitt, just qualified to Ripe as illegitimate president of Venezuela And he stressed that he is charged with drug trafficking from the first Trump government.

In VenezuelaWhen he met the US military deployment, Maduro said he was going to activate 4.5 million members of the Bolivarian militia throughout the country.

In addition, the Madtatario summoned for Saturday a day of enlistment of the militias, which assured that it was a success.

The Bolivarian militia It is a body composed of volunteer civilians who was created in 2005 by the late President Hugo Chávez. In 2020 it was officially incorporated to the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (FANB) as its fifth component.

Ripe He has assured that the mobilization of the United States only seeks a “regime change.”

For his part, the Minister of Defense, Vladimir Padrino López, asked on Saturday not to “fall into nervousness.” “We are going to defend this homeland until our last breath,” he added.

While the vice president of Cy Rodríguez said The United States “It is a great show with which it is intended increase and accentuate this psychological aggression, pretending to create anxiety in our town. “

What do Trump look for?

Andrés Gómez de la Torre, a specialist in defense and intelligence, told him to Commerce That the action of the United States in the Caribbean Sea has several edges and lends itself to many conjectures. He added that even The moment, the level of deployment does not give a forceful indicator to ensure that it is a direct military operation in Venezuela in the style of which in 1989 he executed in Panama to capture the dictator Manuel Antonio Noriega. That time Washington used more than 30,000 soldiers.

“It can be a first step of something greater, such as a complete territorial intervention, for which it would need much more personal. You can also be preparing an extractive operation to get Maduro from Venezuela, as was done with Osama Bin Laden, when a Seal command entered his house and killed him. In the case of Maduro I think it would not be to kill him but to take him alive to the United States”, Explained Gómez de la Torre.

Regarding the deployment of P-8 aircraft, Gómez de la Torre said that it can be an indicative that, indeed, these are operations of interdictionbecause this aircraft that collects intelligence information can monitor what happens in international waters where drug trafficking routes are.

Another possibility is that the United States can be pressing Maduro to accept a negotiated exit from power. On this aspect, Gómez de la Torre said that it is unlikely to happen.

“I consider it unfeasible given the experiences we have had. The most visible and structured, such as those of Norway, Barbados and the International Contact Group, did not give results. A negotiated exit is unfeasible. Probably the Maduro regime makes some concessions, but the underlying issue will not be resolved with a negotiation”he noted.

Recommended video