Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro declared there is “no way” U.S. troops could invade Venezuela, asserting that the country is fully prepared to defend its "peace, sovereignty and territorial integrity" after a U.S. military deployment in the region.

President Donald J. Trump is not just fighting cartels—he’s defeating them. In a bold, strategic takedown unlike anything seen in modern U.S. foreign policy, Trump has taken direct aim at the unholy trinity of Latin American narco-terrorism: Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán, Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, and Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro.