The U.S. military sent two supersonic B-1 Lancer bombers to the coast of Venezuela on Thursday, just over a week after another formation of American bombers conducted a similar exercise simulating an attack.

The move comes amid an unusual U.S. military buildup in the Caribbean Sea and waters off Venezuela, fuelling speculation that President Donald Trump might be weighing options to unseat Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, who faces narcoterrorism charges in the United States.

Adding to the tension, U.S. forces have been carrying out strikes since early September against vessels off Venezuela that Trump claims are involved in drug trafficking.

According to flight-tracking data, the B-1 bombers took off from Dyess Air Force Base in Texas before flying across the Caribbean and approa

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