The United States’ most advanced aircraft carrier will be deployed to the Caribbean, it was announced on Friday.
The decision has sparked fears that there will be a major escalation in Donald Trump’s war against drug cartels and that he is preparing to strike down targets on the ground.
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who has accused the US of preparing to enact a regime change, expressed outrage following the deployment, hinting that it will bring the two countries closer to war.
On Friday, Maduro told state media: “They promised they would never again get involved in a war, and they are fabricating a war.”
The Department of Defence announced the USS Gerald R. Ford, which is the world’s largest warship, and the Carrier Strike Group have been redirected from the Mediterranean Sea to the US Southern Command Area-of-Responsibility near Venezuela.
There are already several other air and naval assets deployed to the Southern Caribbean and Puerto Rico.
There are dozens of F-18 Super Hornet jets on board the carrier. These will bolster US firepower and make it much easier for the US to attack air-defence systems in Venezuela.
The U.S. Department of Defense has announced that the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) and her Carrier Strike Group, consisting of the Arleigh Burke-Class Guided-Missile Destroyers; USS Mahan (DDG-72), USS Winston S. Churchill (DDG-81), and USS Bainbridge (DDG-96), have been… pic.twitter.com/qaXs5l8JVb
— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) October 24, 2025In a statement, Sean Parnell, a Pentagon spokesperson, said that the increased naval presence will “bolster US capacity to detect, monitor, and disrupt illicit actors and activities that compromise the safety and prosperity of the United States homeland and our security in the western hemisphere”.
Military experts have pointed out that intercepting drug traffickers at sea does not necessitate so big a force as the US have currently deployed.
Tensions between the US and Venezuela have been mounting over the past several months, as the US builds up its military presence in nearby waters.
Several illegal strikes on suspected drug traffickers led to Venezuela’s president Nicolas Maduro accusing the US of trying to carry out a regime change.
Maduro has also warned that he would respond to any attack.
In September, the US deployed warships, submarine and aircrafts around the southern Carribbean.
Meanwhile, officials have confirmed that there have been at least nine strikes on alleged drug-trafficking boats.
At least 43 people have been killed, and members of the US congress have raised concerns over the legality of the strikes.
Overnight, at the direction of President Trump, the Department of War carried out a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Tren de Aragua (TdA), a Designated Terrorist Organization (DTO), trafficking narcotics in the Caribbean Sea. The vessel was known by our… pic.twitter.com/lVlw0FLBv4
— Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (@SecWar) October 24, 2025Trump told reporters on Thursday: “The land is going to be next. The land drugs are much more dangerous for them. It’s going to be much more dangerous. You’ll be seeing that soon”.
He further suggested that he would continue with individual strikes, saying: “I think we’re just going to kill people that are bringing drugs into our country, OK? We’re going to kill them, you know they’re going to be, like, dead.”
The US administration has provided little evidence that the targets of their strikes are drug-traffickers.
Instead, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has insisted that the killings are necessary as a deterrent.
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Maduro is currently wanted by the US on drug trafficking charges. They are offering a $50m (£37m) reward for information leading to his arrest. The Venezuelan president strongly denies the allegations.
Maduro has accused the US of “seeking a regime change through military threat”, something which the Trump administration has strongly denied.
It is widely known that Trump has sought to challenge Maduro’s presidency, recognizing his opponent, Juan Guaido as the leader of the country after a disputed election in 2019.
Trump was later forced to deny participating in a failed coup attempt involving US special forces .
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