U.S. deploys aircraft carrier to Caribbean as strikes on suspected drug boats intensify
The U.S. military is sending an aircraft carrier to the waters off South America, in the latest escalation and buildup of military forces in the region, the Pentagon announced Friday.
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The US is sending a strike group led by the Navy's most advanced aircraft carrier to support Trump's new drug war
US is sending an aircraft carrier to Latin America in major escalation of military firepower
The U.S. is sending an aircraft carrier to Latin America in a major escalation of military buildup in the region
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