{"id":45143,"date":"2025-08-31T00:35:20","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T00:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/u-s-guided-missile-cruiser-spotted-crossing-the-panama-canal-after-warships-deployed-to-venezuela\/"},"modified":"2025-08-31T00:35:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T00:35:20","slug":"u-s-guided-missile-cruiser-spotted-crossing-the-panama-canal-after-warships-deployed-to-venezuela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/u-s-guided-missile-cruiser-spotted-crossing-the-panama-canal-after-warships-deployed-to-venezuela\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. guided-missile cruiser spotted crossing the Panama Canal after warships deployed to Venezuela"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>A U.S. guided-missile cruiser, USS Lake Erie, was seen crossing the Panama Canal from the Pacific to the Caribbean on Friday night, after the Trump administration <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/us-warships-venezuela-trump-nicolas-maduro-tension-drug-cartel-accusations\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">deployed warships<\/a><\/span> near the coast of Venezuela.<\/p>\n<p>AFP journalists saw the naval vessel passing through one of the canal&#8217;s locks at around 9:30 pm and navigating east toward the Atlantic.<\/p>\n<p>The United States has said the deployment of warships to the southern Caribbean, near Venezuela&#8217;s territorial waters, was an anti-drug trafficking operation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I didn&#8217;t know the ship was going to pass&#8230; 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But his policy of\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-administration-imposes-sanctions-on-venezuela\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">maximum pressure on Venezuela<\/a><\/span>, including an oil embargo still in effect, failed to dislodge Maduro from power. \u00a0Last year, the\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/us-seizes-nicolas-maduros-plane-venezuela-president\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">U.S. seized a plane<\/a><\/span>\u00a0belonging to Maduro and brought it to the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Maduro said there was &#8220;no way&#8221; American troops could invade Venezuela after Washington deployed the warships to the region.<\/p>\n<p>The 567-foot-long USS Lake Erie displaces 9,800 tons and is based in the port of San Diego, California.<\/p>\n<h2>Trump targeting cartels in Latin America<\/h2>\n<p>President Trump has directed the Pentagon\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-tells-military-to-target-latin-american-drug-cartels-source-says\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">to use military force<\/a><\/span>\u00a0against Latin American drug cartels deemed terrorist organizations, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to CBS News earlier this month. It&#8217;s not clear if or when the military could take action.<\/p>\n<p>For its part, Mexico stressed that it &#8220;would not accept the participation of U.S. military forces on our territory.&#8221; Earlier this month, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/mexico-president-no-invasion-trump-targeting-cartels-military-force\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">insisted<\/a><\/span>\u00a0that there would be &#8220;no invasion of Mexico.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In February, the Trump administration\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/feds-use-new-terrorism-designation-to-charge-mexican-cartel-member\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">designated<\/a><\/span>\u00a0eight drug trafficking groups as terrorist organizations. Six are Mexican, one is Venezuelan, and the eighth originates in El Salvador.<\/p>\n<p>Secretary of State Marco Rubio said earlier this month the administration could use the designations to &#8220;target&#8221; cartels.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It allows us to now target what they&#8217;re operating and to use other elements of American power, intelligence agencies, the Department of Defense, whatever &#8230; to target these groups if we have an opportunity to do it,&#8221; Rubio said. &#8220;We have to start treating them as armed terrorist organizations, not simply drug dealing organizations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- tags --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     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