The visit comes more than a week after ships carrying hundreds of U.S. Marines deployed to Puerto Rico for a training exercise.

The 10 F-35s are being deployed after the Navy sent ships and a submarine to the waters near Venezuela last month.

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Puerto Rico takes center stage in Trump administration's fight against drug cartels as top military officials meet with Governor González-Colón at Muñiz Air Base.

At least two MQ-9 Reaper drones were spotted in Puerto Rico, joining 10 F-35 fighter jets recently deployed to the region.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Air Force Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrived in Puerto Rico on Monday for an unexpected visit as the U.S. steps up its military operations against drug cartels in the Caribbean.

In an unannounced visit to Puerto Rico on Monday, War Secretary Pete Hegseth told U.S. troops they are on the front lines of a coming battle with drug cartels that are “poisoning the American people.” “Make no mistake about it,

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth told sailors and Marines on a warship off Puerto Rico on Monday that they were not deployed to the Caribbean for training but instead sent to the "front lines" of a critical counter-narcotics mission.

Jey González Díaz allegedly jumped off a Royal Caribbean cruise ship on Sunday, Sept. 7 to avoid paying a $16,000 gambling debt, according to reports.

Maduro had challenged the governor to "lead from the front" if an invasion of Venezuela were to take place amid ongoing U.S. military exercises in the Caribbean