US deploys 10 fighter jets to Puerto Rico to bolster anti-drug cartel naval presence

The buildup has put pressure on illegitimate Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has called, "effectively a kingpin of a drug narco state."

Maduro, raging at a rare news conference in Caracas on Monday, said the United States is, "seeking a regime change through military threat."

(Reporting by Steve Holland; editing by Scott Malone and Edwina Gibbs)