US President Donald Trump has deployed an elite US army near Venezuela in an effort to increase pressure on the government of President Nicolas Maduro. The New York Post (NYP) wrote about this. The article clarifies that we are talking about the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment. This unit is known as the “Night Hunters” and is capable of deploying America's best-trained special forces units to conflict zones. Among them are Green Berets, Navy SEALs and Delta Force fighters. According to journalists, Night Stalkers uses Little Birds helicopters and MH-60 Black Hawks in operations. This plane was recently discovered near a training site on the island of Trinidad, 804 km from the Venezuelan capital. On October 15, the New York Times, citing sources in the US government, wrote that Trump authorized the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to conduct secret operations in Venezuela as part of the campaign to increase pressure on Maduro. The document's authors clarify that the license was issued in the context of the Pentagon developing scenarios of possible military intervention in Caracas affairs, including targeted attacks on the republic.
