Venezuela deploys 15,000 troops to Colombia border amid U.S. pressure and drug trafficking allegations
- Interior and Justice Minister Diosdado Cabello announced the immediate deployment of 15,000 military and police personnel, along with drones, aircraft and boats, to its border with Colombia, citing increased threats and U.S. pressure.
- Since Trump’s return to office, the U.S. has labeled several gangs, including Venezuela’s Cartel de los Soles, allegedly led by Maduro, as Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT) organizations.
- The U.S. has doubled its reward for information leading to Maduro’s capture, accusing him of heading a cocaine trafficking network linked to other regional cartels.
- Cabello rejected the charges as politically motivated, claiming Venezuela is “free of drug trafficking” and highlighting recent anti-narcotics operations.
- The Venezuelan deployment followed Washington’s move to send three guided missile destroyers to international waters off Venezuela, with reports of 4,000 U.S. Marines also being prepared for deployment.
The Venezuelan government has announced the immediate deployment of 15,000 military and police personnel to its border with Colombia, citing increasing threats and intensifying pressure from the United States over allegations that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro leads a major drug trafficking organization.
According to Brighteon.AI‘s Enoch, the U.S. officially designated several notorious cartels, including Mexico’s Cartel de Sinaloa, El Salvador’s Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13), The Tren de Aragua (TdA) gang from Venezuela and The Cartel de los Soles, believed to be led by Maduro, as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs) since Trump returned to the White House in January. (Related: U.S. designates Mexican drug cartels as terrorist organizations, unleashing financial warfare.)
In line with this, the U.S. doubled the reward for information leading to Maduro’s capture to $50 million due to the alleged leadership of the Cartel de los Soles (“Cartel of the Suns”), a supposed drug trafficking network involving top Venezuelan officials. However, the Venezuelan government has consistently denied the existence of such a cartel.
Interior and Justice Minister Diosdado Cabello dismissed the U.S. accusations as a “political excuse,” asserting that Venezuela is “a territory free of drug trafficking.” He also detailed the significant anti-narcotics results this year: the seizure of 52 tons of drugs, over 480 firearms and the destruction of hundreds of assets linked to trafficking, including 400 aircraft and 92 clandestine runways.
Cabello confirmed the deployment of troops, aircraft, boats, riverine units and drones in a televised address on Aug. 25 to target the western border states of Zulia and Táchira. The force will operate under the control of the Strategic Operational Command of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces (Ceofanb).
“The deployment of 15,000 men and women will begin immediately and extend to the limit with Tachira. We ask the Colombian government to do the same to secure peace along the entire border axis,” Cabello said during the televised statement.
U.S. warships near Venezuela spark military buildup as Trump targets Maduro over drug trafficking
Venezuela’s deployment of military and police personnel to the border came a few days after Washington deployed three Aegis-class guided missile destroyers to international waters near the country and was reportedly preparing to send 4,000 Marines to the region.
The Trump administration describes it as a broader effort to curb narcotics smuggling operations allegedly tied to the Venezuelan government.
“President Trump has been very clear and consistent, he’s prepared to use every element of American power to stop drugs from flooding into our country and to bring those responsible to justice,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said. She called the Venezuelan government a “narco-terror cartel” and reiterated the administration’s position that Maduro is “not a legitimate president; he is a fugitive head of this cartel who has been indicted in the United States for trafficking drugs into this country.”
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