US President Donald Trump has considered plans to target facilities producing cocaine and routes used for drug trafficking inside Venezuela, but has not yet decided whether to proceed, CNN reported, citing three US officials. Signs on Friday pointed towards a potential military escalation, with Pentagon chief Secretary Pete Hegseth ordering the Navy’s most advanced aircraft carrier strike group, currently stationed in Europe, to move to the Caribbean amid a major buildup of US forces there.
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