US Embassy issues warning to Americans in Trinidad and Tobago as tensions with Venezuela escalate Updated 24 mins ago The U.S. Embassy in Trinidad and Tobago is cautioning Americans to stay away from U.S. government facilities on the twin-island nation. It was an unusual warning issued Saturday that came as tensions grow between the U.S. and Venezuela over deadly U.S. strikes in Caribbean waters targeting suspected drug traffickers. Venezuela is located just miles away from Trinidad. People in one local Trinidadian community are mourning the disappearance of two fishermen believed killed in a U.S. strike on Tuesday. Trinidad Homeland Security Minister Roger Alexander told The Associated Press that the alert is based on threats directed at American citizens in the Caribbean nation.

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