United States military campaign against cartels
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In late August 2025, the United States began a naval buildup in the southern Caribbean with the stated goal of combating drug trafficking. US president Donald Trump directed the United States Armed Forces to begin using military force against certain Latin American drug cartels, characterizing the smugglers as narcoterrorists. The first major increase came with the deployment of the USS Iwo Jima and its Amphibious Ready Group in August. The arrival of the USS Gerald R. Ford carrier strike group in November marked the second increase. A sharper escalation came in mid-December, when the US began intercepting and seizing crude oil tankers, imposed a naval quarantine on sanctioned vessels transporting oil to or from Venezuela, and announced plans to designate the Venezuelan government a Foreign Terrorist Organization.
2025
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United States, Venezuela, The New Michoacan Family, Sinaloa Cartel, Jalisco New Generation Cartel, Cartel of the Suns, Tren de Aragua, United States,
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| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| event | armed conflict | 1783 | Action of 17 February 1783 | Kingdom of Great Britain, naval battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1809 | Troude's expedition to the Caribbean | naval battle, military expedition | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2025 | United States military campaign against cartels | United States, Venezuela, Sinaloa Cartel, Cartel of the Suns, Jalisco New Generation Cartel, Tren de Aragua, The New Michoacan Family, military campaign | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1898 | Spanish–American War | Republic of Cuba, Revolutionary Government of the Philippines, war, United States, Spain under the Restoration | Wikidata |