Hegseth and Caine visit Puerto Rico as US steps up military operations in the Caribbean

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico: US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Air Force Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrived in Puerto Rico on Monday as the US steps up its military operations against drug cartels in the Caribbean. Their arrival in the US territory comes more than a week after ships carrying hundreds of US marines deployed to Puerto Rico for a training exercise, a move that some on the island have criticized. Puerto Rico’s Gov.

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