President Donald Trump’s administration escalated a U.S. military buildup in the Caribbean on Friday by announcing the deployment of the Gerald Ford aircraft carrier group to Latin America — a show of force far beyond any past counter-narcotics effort and Washington’s most assertive move in the region yet.

In a dramatic escalation of American military might in Latin America, the Pentagon announced today that it was sending the Navy’s most technologically advanced aircraft carrier and its accompanying warships and attack planes to waters in the region.

Amid rising tensions with Venezuela and Colombia, among others, Donald Trump's administration has sent an aircraft carrier group to Latin America.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says another U.S. strike in the Caribbean targeted an alleged drug-running boat operated by the Tren de Aragua gang, killing six people

President Donald Trump has pardoned Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, who created the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange

The pace of the strikes has quickened in recent days from one every few weeks in September when they first began to three this week.

President Donald Trump is considering plans to target cocaine facilities and drug trafficking routes inside Venezuela, though he has not yet made a decision on whether to move forward with them, three US officials told CNN.