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Venezuela has deployed military units and began amassing weapons and equipment in response to the Trump administration’s mobilization of U.S. warships in the Caribbean.

The buildup, which the government has termed “prolonged resistance,” involves small military units at more than 280 locations carrying out acts of sabotage and other guerrilla tactics, according to sources and several-years-old planning documents for the tactic seen by Reuters.

“We don’t discuss intelligence matters,” a War Department official told Fox News.

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has accused the Trump administration of seeking to oust him from power. He has pledged that Venezuelan citizens will defend the South American nation from American aggression.

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