The USS Gravely docked in Trinidad and Tobago amid rising tensions with Venezuela after the latest U.S. strike on a vessel allegedly carrying drugs. CBS News’ Natalie Brand has the latest.
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Sellouts 🇹🇹
for crying out loud its not with Venezuela its with Maduro stop implying the US against Venezuela
Sounds like Trump is copying Putin
Trump has no business interfering with another country and murdering people without proof of criminal activity . They should have been stopped boarded and arrested and tried in court. There is no death penalty for drug trafficking in the US or any other democratic country
President trump is boss 🇺🇸🇹🇹🇺🇸🫡🚢🚀🚢🔥🚀🚢🔥🔥🚢🚢🚀🫡🇺🇸👏….. Venezuela is a narco state,,, blow up Maduro…..🇺🇸🫡
Estados Unidos 🇺🇸 no quiere a Venezuela 🇻🇪 lamentable ellos quieren convertirnos en su Vietnam 😢
What did Columbia do
It’s not about drugs
Such mobilization of Infantry Marines in the Caribbean is unprecedented since 100 years ago since the Military Aggression on the government of Cipriano Castro before the instauration of the Dictatorship of Juan Vicente Gomez. U.S. should be ashamed.
Thank you for spreading His Word.
This. Caribbean. Country. Should. Not. Be. No. USA. Support. In. Murdering. People. In. Caribbean. Islands. Stop. Takeing. Money. No. Aid. Do. With.
Allowed
Let Trinidad become the 51st state plzzzzzzzzz
Maduro's memecracy is about to go under 😂
Is Lindsay Graham going to lead the attack?
America’s drug crisis is with fentanyl – involved in an estimated 70% of US overdose deaths. The DEA reports ZERO fentanyl coming in from Venezuela. Illegal fentanyl is primarily manufactured by Mexican criminal organizations using precursor chemicals sourced mostly from China.
😢😢😢😢
I wish Trump would just come out and say he wants access to Venezuelan Oil. It’s always about resources with these “War on ___” conflicts.
Anti-war president
This administration is ridiculous as hell. Donnie is playing game like Putin, trying to take over as much land as he can.
Venezuela is not the threat it's the fact that america can't take on Russia and Venezuela has the protection of Russia
Trinidadian LIKES THE US.HERE...NO ONE IS FRIGHTEN…
What happened with all the ISIS fighters that live in Trinidad and Tobago?
Are they joining our U.S. Forces to invade Latin America?
We cannot forget the thousands of U.S. Warfighters that died in Vietnam, Somalia, Iraq, and Afghanistan.
How much money are the big oil companies paying us to die for their profits?
3:27 Elon been busy
trump WANTS WWlll. He’s INSANE
About time we cleaned the world of drug lords starting with their source.
What that guy is really trying to say is Maduro will not be alive to much longer.
HELL YA
What are you frightened about? Did you do somthing wrong?
The US hasn’t historically luck with regime change ?!
Don’t worry. Putin wasn’t planning attack on Ukraine he says knowingly.
Trump just needs to say wind sucks, oil rocks.
I like ad that you can’t afford to die
America is readmaduro.
The Caribbean says no to American terrorist. No to colonialism and white supremacy. Down with America
Iraq all over again. Who gave the US the right to decide which regimes are permissible?
"When UNC wins, everybody wins."
We aren't winning.
Venezuelan fishermen in the coastal state of Falcón say security crackdowns by President Nicolás Maduro's government are posing a greater threat to their safety and livelihood than recent U.S. airstrikes on suspected drug-trafficking vessels off the country's coast, according to a new investigation published by local outlet Efecto Cocuyo.
The report comes as U.S. forces in the Caribbean continue to carry out a series of lethal strikes on boats Washington alleges were engaged in narcotics trafficking. The campaign has killed more than 50 people since September and forms part of a broader naval deployment that includes the USS Gerald R. Ford.
The operations have heightened tensions with Caracas and triggered a sweeping domestic response from Venezuelan authorities along the country's northwestern coast.
But fishermen interviewed by Efecto Cocuyo say the biggest danger is not coming from U.S. warships. "The threat is here," said Francisco, a fisherman from El Cayude in Falcón, who asked that his real name not be used for fear of reprisals. "We don't see the Americans. But police and soldiers are here doing combat exercises, arming the community and carrying out operations where we fishermen end up involved. And we have nothing to do with it."
According to the report, on September 7 — just five days after a Venezuelan vessel was destroyed in a U.S. strike — officers from Venezuela's National Guard anti-drug command seized four outboard motors from local fishermen in El Cayude. Residents gathered to demand their return, only to be told they would need to retrieve the equipment at a nearby National Guard base.
Days later, the engines appeared in an official video posted by regional military command ZODI Falcón as part of "Operación Cacique Manaure," which authorities said was aimed at dismantling alleged drug-trafficking infrastructure. The video claimed security forces had uncovered a clandestine airstrip, an improvised dock, four boats, four outboard motors, and 25 fuel containers. The fishermen say the "evidence" included their confiscated motors.
Others described a wave of arrests they say are baseless. At least five fishermen from nearby coastal communities were detained in recent weeks and later presented as drug traffickers, according to relatives. They insist the men are innocent and accuse authorities of staging "falsos positivos" — false positives — in which innocent people are labeled as criminals.
Residents told Efecto Cocuyo that raids often unfold at night, without warrants or prosecutors present. In Las Cumaraguas, community members blocked a road on October 21 to protest the arrests. "We are not refusing procedures, but they must be done under the law," said local justice official Carolina Urbina.
Even fishermen farther east in Tiguadare say they no longer sleep in seaside shelters, fearing nighttime raids. The small settlement, already struggling with extreme poverty and oil-pipeline spills, relies on only two working boats. "After the U.S. commotion near Venezuela, now they call us criminals," said one resident.
Locals say requests for help from regional and municipal authorities have gone unanswered, and some accuse security forces of extortion. Signs at protests read: "We want law, not abuse. We want order, not fear."
While fishermen acknowledge the U.S. presence offshore, they say the more immediate danger comes from Venezuelan authorities on land. "The Venezuelan government is looking for culprits here," one resident said. "We live off fishing. We just want peace."
Dear Trump, please pretend to br a good person. I know its tough. Jamaica just got ravaged by a cat5 hurricane. U can send all those soldiers and ships etc to help the people, clear debris and restore order. It is not too hard to be good.
Instead of posing pretty on the ship, send them to Jca to do good. Isnt the US a good country????? Jca needs help, manpower to bring back normalcy.
lol brief congress, he legally can’t go to war without congress
Stupes is this world real smh
THE WAR MONGER PARTY IS IN THE HOUSE…….. GET THAT OIL……… THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT THIS IS ABOUT!…….
😮😮😮😮😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢 plessssssse not in Trinidad
i will 🙏
Let’s be honest — America has never stopped being a bully.
They go around the world, starting wars, toppling governments, and pretending it’s for freedom or democracy — but it’s always about one thing: greed.
Pray for us fr cuz i live in trindad and tobago
Trini here please spear us .
.. please I thought my country was going on state of emergency but turns out to be a rumour prayer for peace
Trinidad & Tobago so shameful & spineless! 😡😡🤬🤬😡