Fighter jets fly over US navy ship in show of force

Two armed Venezuelan F-16 fighter jets flew over the US Navy guided-missile destroyer Jason Dunham in the southern Caribbean Sea in a show of force Thursday, a US Defense Department official said, in the latest escalation of tensions between the Trump administration and President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela.

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The US warship did not engage, the official said.

In a statement Thursday night, the Pentagon said: “This highly provocative move was designed to interfere with our counter-narco-terror operations. The cartel running Venezuela is strongly advised not to pursue any further effort to obstruct, deter or interfere with counternarcotics and counterterrorism operations carried out by the US. military”