PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad and Tobago(AP) — A U.S. warship docked in Trinidad and Tobago 's capital Sunday as the Trump administration boosts military pressure on neighboring Venezuela and its President Nicolás Maduro.

The arrival of the USS Gravely, a guided missile destroyer, in the capital of the Caribbean nation is in addition to the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, which is moving closer to Venezuela. Maduro criticized the movement of the carrier as an attempt by the U.S government to fabricate "a new eternal war” against his country.

U.S. President Donald Trump has accused Maduro, without providing evidence , of being the leader of the organized crime gang Tren de Aragua .

Government officials from the twin-island nation and the U.S. said the massive warship will remain

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