Photo courtesy of Ministerio del Poder Popular para la Defensa (Venezuela) The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier and its strike group arrived in the Latin American region on Tuesday, November 11, 2025, entering the U.S. Southern Command area of responsibility. The carrier is carrying more than 4,000 sailors and dozens of tactical aircraft. President Trump ordered the deployment of the Ford last month (in October), adding to the eight warships, a nuclear submarine and F-35 aircraft already in the Caribbean. The Pentagon said the deployment is intended to detect, monitor, and disrupt illicit activities, dismantle transnational criminal organizations, and curb drug smuggling. U.S. forces have carried out strikes on suspected drug-trafficking boats along both coasts of South America, destroying about 20 vessels in…
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