US Sends Aircraft Carrier to Latin America, Stepping Up Campaign

A vessel on fire following a US strike in an image released on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s X account on Oct. 24.

Source: Pete Hegseth/X

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The US is sending a naval strike group including its most modern aircraft carrier to Latin America, sharply escalating a military campaign that’s targeted drug cartels and unsettled governments in the region.