US sends warships to Caribbean to stop illegal drugs
BBC
April 2nd, 2020
BBC
April 2nd, 2020
Read the full story here.The US says it is sending warships to the Caribbean to stop illegal drugs.
"We must not let the drug cartels exploit the [coronavirus] pandemic to threaten American lives," President Donald Trump said.
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President Trump made the announcement at the White House on Wednesday.
"Today, the United States is launching enhanced counter-narcotics operations in the Western Hemisphere to protect the American people from the deadly scourge of illegal narcotics," he said.
Mr Trump added that the US was co-operating with 22 partner nations, enabling the US Southern Command to "increase surveillance, disruption and seizures of drug shipments and provide additional support for eradication efforts which are going on right now at a record pace".