The United States is preparing to carry out air strikes on Venezuelan military installations, which Washington claims are being utilized by the de Soles drug cartel. According to the Miami Herald, raids may happen in the coming days or even hours.
The U.S. mark is the facilities belonging to the de Soles cartel, which, according to the US, is headed by Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and his co-workers. The organization is expected to export around 500 tonnes of cocaine a year to Europe and the United States. The Pentagon sent USS destroyer Gerald R. Ford, the largest aircraft carrier of the American Navy, to the area.
Maduro himself accuses Washington of fabricating the conflict. «They promised that they would no longer start wars and invent a war that we would avoid» - he said in a speech broadcast on radio and tv in late October.
Experts: adequate for attacks, not invasions
Elliott Abrams, a erstwhile U.S. peculiar typical for Venezuela, in an interview with the Miami Herald stated that he did not believe in a possible long-term operation. Mark F. Cancian, retired Marine Colonel and Advisor at the Center for strategical and global Studies, assessed that the forces presently present in the Caribbean are adequate to carry out attacks and intimidation, but not to invade.
Washington doubled the prize for information leading to Maduro's arrest to $50 million - this is simply a level comparable to the Osama bin Laden award. For the head of the Venezuelan MSW Diosdado Cabello, whom the U.S. accuses of moving the de Soles cartel, $25 million has been designated.
According to an anonymous origin quoted by Miami Herald, Maduro's situation is increasingly uncertain. “Maduro will shortly realize that he is trapped and may discover that he is incapable to escape from the country, even if he decides to do so” - said the source. He added: «What is worse, now more than 1 general is ready to capture him and pass him on (US)».
Note: This article was created utilizing Artificial Intelligence (AI).
