Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly said Sunday that the Trump administration’s recent move sending an aircraft carrier battle group to waters around Central and South America is “questionable.” This move comes after the U.S. military carried out its 10th strike on an alleged Venezuelan drug boat, all of them occurring in international waters.

On September 2, Holsey, now an admiral leading the U.S. military’s southern command, was put in charge of a mission unlike any that has come before: The United States was, without any warning or attempt at interdiction,

U.S. military and intelligence actions, coupled with Venezuela’s mobilization, have raised the risk of conflict in the Caribbean.

The United States is massing an unusual buildup of warships, fighter jets, and surveillance aircraft off the coast of Venezuela as the Trump administration expands its military campaign against what it says are transnational criminal organizations.

The Pentagon has deployed the U.S.S. Gerald R. Ford, the largest aircraft carrier in the world, to the region, ostensibly to fight cartels.

Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro claims the U.S. is waging a war against him as the world's largest warship nears the country.

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro accused Trump of warmongering after he deployed the U.S. Navy's largest aircraft carrier, the USS Gerald R. Ford, to the Caribbean, saying in part, "The people of the United States know it, they are inventing a new eternal war."

President Trump is threatening U.S. military action on land as the Pentagon escalates its pressure campaign against Venezuela. It comes as the Trump administration entered a new phase of its battle with Colombian President Gustavo Petro by issuing new sanctions.

The U.S. has carried out several air strikes on Venezuelan vessels that the Trump administration has accused of carrying drugs and cartel members.