Here are the facts in the American military operation against Venezuela

The exciting American military attack on an alleged drug smuggling boat off the coast of Venezuela was the first – but not the last – in a broader operation, according to officials.

US Defense Minister Beit Higseth says that military operations will continue, which paves the way for a sustainable military campaign in Latin America.

Late Tuesday, US President Donald Trump released a video showing a strike from the air that destroyed a small ship. Trump later said he was carrying “huge amounts of drugs” and 11 “terrorists”, all of whom were killed.

The move comes after a military accumulation that started a few weeks ago, including transporting warships near Venezuela, along with thousands of forces. The army says the operation aims to prevent cartridges from charging drugs to the United States

Trump suggested that the video was aiming to deter others. “It is clear that they will not do it again and I think many other people will not do it again when they see this tape,” he said.

Without evidence, Trump said 11 people were part of the Tren de Aragua gang.

What is the Aragua train?

Tren De Aragua is a drug cartel that started as a prisoner in prison formed by prisoners in the central state of Aragwa in Venezuela for more than a decade. Severe violence, including beheading and burial people alive. One of the founders, Hector Guerrero, was inside and outside the prison for years.

Over the years, the group has published its operations to Chile, Colombia and other neighboring countries, then recently, to New York, Chicago and the suburbs of Denver. The authorities say that its members are responsible for kidnapping, extortion, sex trafficking and drug smuggling.

The Biden Trine de Aragua administration has set a national crime organization last year.

Once Trump resumed the presidency, he went further. In February, he appointed Trine de Aragua as a “foreign terrorist organization”, along with other similar groups in Latin America, something that is usually used for political groups such as Al Qaeda, not criminal gangs.

Trump holds the group responsible for what he describes as a flow of violent immigrants in the United States who say that people intimidate cities.

What are the bonds of the gang to President Maduro?

Venezuelan President Nicholas Maduro denies any links with Treen de Aragoa. The Venezuelan government claims to dismantle the gang in 2023 and go to the extent that it is a fantasy created by the international media.

It also says that the gang is part of a plot backed by the United States and Venezuela opposition to the killing of Maduro and the destabilization of the country.

But the Trump administration described Maduro as one of the largest pioneers of Narco-Traffickers in the world, saying that he works with cartridges to flood the United States with artistic cocaine.

These allegations before the current history of Trump. Maduro was charged in New York in 2020 on charges of terrorist NARCO, and a $ 15 million bonus of his arrest. The Biden administration raised this to $ 25 million. Then last month, the Public Prosecutor Bam Bondi doubled it to $ 50 million.

Bondi said 700 million dollars of assets associated with Maduro, including two private planes and seven tons of cocaine, said.

Will the United States invade Venezuela?

By mid -August, it was clear that the United States decided to involve the army.

Three marine destroyers and a ritual have been transported near the Venezuelan coast in recent weeks. A military official said that three amphibious offensive ships will also be in the region by next week. They are able to carry more than 4000 soldiers and the marine infantry.

So far there is no indication that the invasion is imminent. But the army and the Trump administration do not say much about its work.

When asked whether the United States was to consider military strikes on Venezuela, the secretary did not say Caroline Levitte no. “The president is ready to use every element of the American force to prevent drugs from flooding to our country and bring those responsible for justice,” she said.

What is the reaction of the Maduro government?

Maduro spoke to the Venezuelan people on Monday, and asked them to prepare for an invasion.

“In the face of this maximum military pressure, we have declared the utmost willingness to defend Venezuela,” Maduro said, which he described as “a heavy, unjustified, unethical and very criminal threat.”

He deployed forces along the coast and in the border with Colombia. He also urged the Venezuelan to recruit a civilian militia.

“Let’s ask immediately to end this publishing, which has no other reason but the threat of the sovereign people,” said Venezuelan Foreign Minister Ivan Jill.

Maduro legitimate problem

Maduro claimed again this week that he won the presidential elections last year. But this is strongly disputed. Canada says that the claim that he won fraud and does not recognize his leadership, nor the United States

The political opposition of Venezuela was pressuring the United States and other countries to help remove Maduro from his post. Opposition leader Maria Korina Machado says that the American military deployment is the right approach, saying that the Maduro government is a criminal institution.