PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) — The U.S. Embassy in Trinidad and Tobago cautioned Americans on Saturday to stay away from American government facilities on the twin-island nation.
It was an unusual warning that came as tensions grow between the United States and Venezuela over deadly U.S. strikes in Caribbean waters targeting suspected drug traffickers.
Venezuela is located just miles away from Trinidad, where people in one coastal community are mourning the disappearance of two local fishermen believed killed in a U.S. strike on Tuesday.
Authorities in Trinidad and Tobago have responded to the threats by implementing security measures to deal with any situations that may arise, Alexander said.
With six strikes killing at least 29 people since early September, the tense situation in the region was mentioned by U.S. officials in a briefing with authorities in Trinidad and Tobago, Alexander said.
Trinidad, Port-of-Spain (AP) — The U.S. S. Americans were warned by the U.S. Embassy in Trinidad and Tobago on Saturday to avoid visiting U.S. government buildings in the twin-island country.
At a time when tensions between the United States and Venezuela are rising due to deadly U.S. S. . attacks against alleged drug traffickers in Caribbean waters.
Due to a heightened state of alert, the embassy stated that “please avoid and refrain from visiting all U.S. S. . government buildings over the holiday weekend,” encouraging people to “pay attention to your surroundings.”. Dilawi, a Hindu festival of lights that is widely observed in Trinidad and Tobago, where 35% of the country’s 11.4 million residents identify as East Indian, is celebrated on Monday.
Just a few miles from Trinidad, Venezuela, residents of a coastal community are grieving the loss of two local fishermen who are thought to have been killed in a U.S. A. strike Tuesday.
Threats against U.S. citizens in the Caribbean country are the basis for the alert. A. Roger Alexander, Trinidad and Tobago’s minister of homeland security, told The Associated Press that authorities said “it could be linked” to ongoing tensions in the region. Nevertheless, local authorities refused to provide specific information regarding the threats that were reported.
In response to the threats, Trinidad and Tobago’s authorities have put security measures in place to handle any eventuality, Alexander said.
U brought up the tense situation in the area, where six strikes have killed at least 29 people since early September. S. officials during a meeting with Trinidad and Tobago authorities, Alexander stated.
After the latest assault, the U. A. Following a suspected drug-carrying vessel being struck by the military in the Caribbean, the government took survivors into custody, officials announced on Friday.
