U.S. officials have reportedly ordered 10 F-35 fighter jets be deployed to Puerto Rico amid President Donald Trump’s fight against drug cartels.
On Friday, Reuters cited sources who shared information about fighter jets’ reported deployment to an airfield in Puerto Rico.
“The disclosure about the F-35s came just hours after the Pentagon accused Venezuela of a ‘highly provocative’ flight on Thursday by fighter jets over a U.S. Navy warship,” the article continued.
“The sources, speaking on condition of anonymity about the latest U.S. deployment, said the 10 fighter jets are being sent to conduct operations against designated narco-terrorist organizations operating in the southern Caribbean. The planes should arrive in the area by late next week, they said,” the report stated.
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