FRANCIA ANUNCIA SU DESPLIEGUE MILITAR EN EL ESFUERZO CONJUNTO CONTRA EL NARCOTRAFICO EN EL CARIBE. PHOTOS.
France is strengthening its military presence in Guadeloupe to combat drug trafficking, aligning itself with U.S. actions in the Caribbean. The plan includes investigators, radar systems, and port control. Other signals in the Caribbean: Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana toughens stance against Maduro.
PARIS/CARIBE- The French government announced on Sunday an unprecedented reinforcement of its military and police presence in Guadeloupe, a strategically located overseas territory in the Caribbean.
The measure, announced by the French Minister of the Interior, Bruno Retailleau, aims to strengthen the fight against drug trafficking, in an increasingly tense regional context and alongside actions taken by the United States in the area.
Retailleau confirmed the addition of 13 new OFAST investigators, the central anti-narcotics agency, along with the deployment of a ballistic analysis laboratory in the archipelago, which will eliminate the need to send confiscated weapons to the mainland.
It also announced the establishment of mobile squads, two nautical brigades (in Gourbeyre and Pointe-à-Pitre), radars in strategic channels, and a drone to monitor the more than 700 km of coastlines of six Guadeloupean islands.
The strengthening includes strict passenger control systems at airports and the Grand Maritime Port of Guadeloupe, as well as at the port of Fort-de-France (Martinique), within the framework of the “Hub Antilles” project.
According to the agency AFP, the authorities in Guadeloupe already warned in July 2023 about the rise in drug trafficking after controls were intensified in French Guiana.
“They come out of containers, from the postal service, from recreational boats… A new route with ‘mules’ has been registered,” explained the customs director, who reported on at least 5 tons of cocaine seized in a recent operation.
Last month, Retailleau, during a visit to Martinique and Guadeloupe, emphasized that France no longer has “white areas” in the fight against drug trafficking. He revealed that, in just the first half of 2025, cocaine seizures in the country increased by 45%, including 37.5 tons intercepted between the mainland and overseas territories.
These actions from Paris seem to align with the firmness policy promoted by the U.S., which recently as part of its anti-drug offensive near Venezuela.
With this deployment, the government of Emmanuel Macron strengthens control over its overseas territories and seeks to prevent them from becoming gateways to Europe for drug trafficking.
The operation demonstrates that the fight against drugs is becoming a strategic axis shared among Western allies in the region.
OTHERS SUPPORTERS
The regional landscape became even more complicated for Caracas following the unexpected statement by the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, who this weekend publicly supported the deployment of U.S. warships in the Caribbean.
In a televised speech, he assured that his country will grant “without reservation” access to Trinidadian territory if Washington requests it to respond to a potential Venezuelan attack against Guyana.
“If Maduro’s regime launches any attack against the Guyanese people or invades Guyana’s territory, and the U.S. government requests access to Trinidadian territory to defend the people of Guyana, my government will grant it without reservations,” the leader stated.
The statement comes at a time of peak regional tension, marked by the arrival of U.S. destroyers off the Venezuelan coasts and the announced deployment of amphibious ships capable of landing Marines.
Persad-Bissessar justified the shift in her policy by recalling that Trinidad and Tobago has suffered for two decades from the impact of drug trafficking, human trafficking, and arms trafficking. According to data from Insight Crime, the country ended 2024 with 625 homicides, a rate of 45.7 per 100,000 inhabitants, almost half of which are linked to gang activities.
The prime minister also denounced the infiltration of criminal networks into the institutions of several Caribbean countries and called for increased international cooperation.
His message was perceived as a direct warning to Nicolás Maduro, amid the territorial dispute over Esequibo, a region rich in oil and minerals that Venezuela claims as its own and whose annexation it tried to formalize in a referendum held in December 2023.
Trinidad and Tobago’s position was quickly supported by sectors in Washington. Cuban-American Congressman Carlos Giménez expressed his gratitude for the gesture, calling it a “strategic decision” that strengthens collective security in the Caribbean.
At the same time, Jamaica is also considering designating gangs as terrorist organizations, which would facilitate joint operations with international actors.
VENEZUELA ESTA DOMINADA POR CUBA Y POR EL NARCOTRAFICO.
FRANCE ANNOUNCES ITS MILITARY DEPLOYMENT IN THE JOINT EFFORT AGAINST DRUG TRAFFICKING IN THE CARIBBEAN. PHOTOS.
France is strengthening its military presence in Guadeloupe to combat drug trafficking, aligning itself with the U.S. actions in the Caribbean. The plan includes investigators, radar systems, and port control. Other signals in the Caribbean: Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana toughens stance against Maduro.
PARIS/CARIBBEAN- The French government announced on Sunday an unprecedented reinforcement of its military and police presence in Guadeloupe, a strategically located overseas territory in the Caribbean.
The measure, announced by the French Minister of the Interior, Bruno Retailleau, aims to strengthen the fight against drug trafficking, in an increasingly tense regional context and alongside actions taken by the United States in the area.
Retailleau confirmed the addition of 13 new OFAST investigators, the central anti-narcotics agency, along with the deployment of a ballistic analysis laboratory in the archipelago, which will eliminate the need to send confiscated weapons to the mainland.
It also announced the establishment of mobile squads, two nautical brigades (in Gourbeyre and Pointe-à-Pitre), radars in strategic channels, and a drone to monitor the more than 700 km of coastlines of six Guadeloupean islands.
The strengthening includes strict passenger control systems at airports and the Grand Maritime Port of Guadeloupe, as well as at the port of Fort-de-France (Martinique), within the framework of the “Hub Antilles” project.
According to the agency AFP, the authorities in Guadeloupe already warned in July 2023 about the rise in drug trafficking after controls were intensified in French Guiana.
“They come out of containers, from the postal service, from recreational boats… A new route with ‘mules’ has been registered,” explained the customs director, who reported on at least 5 tons of cocaine seized in a recent operation.
Last month, Retailleau, during a visit to Martinique and Guadeloupe, emphasized that France no longer has “white areas” in the fight against drug trafficking. He revealed that, in just the first half of 2025, cocaine seizures in the country increased by 45%, including 37.5 tons intercepted between the mainland and overseas territories.
These actions from Paris seem to align with the firmness policy promoted by the U.S., which recently as part of its anti-drug offensive near Venezuela.
With this deployment, the government of Emmanuel Macron strengthens control over its overseas territories and seeks to prevent them from becoming gateways to Europe for drug trafficking.
The operation demonstrates that the fight against drugs is becoming a strategic axis shared among Western allies in the region.
OTHER SUPPORTERS
The regional landscape became even more complicated for Caracas following the unexpected statement by the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, who this weekend publicly supported the deployment of U.S. warships in the Caribbean.
In a televised speech, he assured that his country will grant “without reservation” access to Trinidadian territory if Washington requests it to respond to a potential Venezuelan attack against Guyana.
“If Maduro’s regime launches any attack against the Guyanese people or invades Guyana’s territory, and the U.S. government requests access to Trinidadian territory to defend the people of Guyana, my government will grant it without reservations,” the leader stated.
The statement comes at a time of peak regional tension, marked by the arrival of the U.S. destroyers off the Venezuelan coasts and the announced deployment of amphibious ships capable of landing Marines.
Persad-Bissessar justified the shift in her policy by recalling that Trinidad and Tobago has suffered for two decades from the impact of drug trafficking, human trafficking, and arms trafficking. According to data from Insight Crime, the country ended 2024 with 625 homicides, a rate of 45.7 per 100,000 inhabitants, almost half of which are linked to gang activities.
The prime minister also denounced the infiltration of criminal networks into the institutions of several Caribbean countries and called for increased international cooperation.
His message was perceived as a direct warning to Nicolás Maduro, amid the territorial dispute over Essequibo, a region rich in oil and minerals that Venezuela claims as its own and whose annexation it tried to formalize in a referendum held in December 2023.
Trinidad and Tobago’s position was quickly supported by sectors in Washington. Cuban-American Congressman Carlos Giménez expressed his gratitude for the gesture, calling it a “strategic decision” that strengthens collective security in the Caribbean.
At the same time, Jamaica is also considering designating gangs as terrorist organizations, which would facilitate joint operations with international actors.
VENEZUELA ESTA DOMINADA POR CUBA Y POR EL NARCOTRAFICO.
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