The Pentagon said late Thursday that two Venezuelan aircraft flew close to a U.S. Naval vessel in what it called a “highly provocative move.”

“Today, two Maduro regime military aircraft flew near a U.S. Navy vessel in international waters. This highly provocative move was designed to interfere with our counter narco-terror operations,” the Defense Department said in a post on the social platform X.

“The cartel running Venezuela is strongly advised not to pursue any further effort to obstruct, deter or interfere with counter-narcotics and counter-terror operations carried out by the US military,” the department added.

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said that his country was at “maximum preparedness” in light of the U.S. military recently boosting its Caribbean maritime force to figh

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