US President Donald Trump is deploying three warships off the coast of Venezuela as part of efforts to curb drug trafficking, a source familiar with the move said Wednesday.The White House said on Tuesday that Trump would use "every element" to stop drug trafficking,

The U.S. is deploying 3 guided-missile destroyers to waters off Venezuela as part of President Trump's effort to combat threats from Latin American cartels.

In an effort to crack down on drug cartels, a source briefed on the matter tells NBC News that three U.S. warships will be sent near Venezuela. A U.S. official says the ships will be used for intel gathering and surveillance from international waters.

The amphibious squadron will operate alongside three Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers — the USS Sampson, USS Jason Dunham, and USS Gravely — which are designed to counter threats from the air, land, sea and even undersea simultaneously.

The U.S. military has also reportedly deployed several vessels to the southern Caribbean, as part of President Trump's crackdown on Latin American drug cartels.

Estados Unidos desplegará tres buques de guerra Aegis con misiles guiados en las aguas frente a Venezuela como parte del

Pedestrians crossing the Simon Bolivar bridge between Venezuela and Colombia. Franco-Chilean national Camilo Castro was detained in June at a similar border crossing farther north, his family said. A French national is being detained without cause in ...

Triple-digit inflation, low wages, shrinking foreign aid, and deep cuts to food subsidies are causing millions of Venezuelans to struggle to put food on the table.

The president has "pushed for using the U.S. military to thwart cartels he blames for the flow of fentanyl and other illicit drugs," said The Associated Press. As part of this military force, Trump dispatched a trio of U.