Trump to visit Southern Command to focus on counternarcotics operation
JULY 7, 2020 / 1:57 PM
By Christen McCurdy
President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn to Marine One helicopter as he departs the White House for his estate at Mar-a-Lago, Florida in February. Photo by Mike Theiler/UPI | License Photo
July 7 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump will visit South Florida on Friday to review the advance of a counternarcotics operation in the Caribbean, White House officials said on Tuesday.
The White House said the trip will be used to highlight "his administration's relentless, whole-of-government approach to curb the trafficking of drugs into our country."
In April, the administration announced it would be stepping up counternarcotics operations in the Western hemisphere.
The operation, which has included an Air Force deployment to Curacao and an Army deployment to Colombia, as well as operations in the Caribbean and Venezuela, has resulted in seizures totaling more than $1 billion, according to the Miami Herald.
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