A new report claims that the U.S. military has been positioning a large number of naval ships, air assets, and troops in the Caribbean region over the past two months in an effort by President Donald Trump’s administration to place pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

According to CNN, as of last Tuesday, the United States Naval Institute’s fleet tracker showed that a significant number of the U.S. naval assets deployed throughout the world were currently located in U.S. Southern Command’s region of responsibility.

CNN reported that the assets deployed in the U.S. Souther Command region include the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group and the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit, which is comprised of over 4,500 sailors and Marines, an attack submarine, three guided-missile destroyers, a guided missile cruiser, a special operations ship, and P-8 Poseidon reconnaissance aircraft.

According to CNN, the U.S. has reportedly deployed at least three MQ-9 Reaper drones and 10 F-35 fighter jets to Puerto Rico. Additionally, the outlet reported that satellite images indicate that Naval Station Roosevelt Roads has been reopened in Puerto Rico after being closed since 2004. A picture of an AC-130J Ghostrider with Hellfire missiles was also recently captured at the José Aponte de la Torre Airport in Puerto Rico.

CNN reported that more than 200 military flights were conducted in the Caribbean from August 15 to October 15. According to the outlet, three Boeing P-8 Poseidon aircraft used for gathering intelligence moved into the Caribbean region in August, while MH-60M Black Hawk helicopters and “Little Bird” attack helicopters completed training operations off the coast of Trinidad and Tobago earlier this month.

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“The military presence in the Caribbean is too big for just hitting a few speedboats, though it is not big enough for an invasion of Venezuela,” Elliott Abrams, a former Trump envoy to Venezuela, told CNN. “What’s in the middle, I think, is a pressure campaign, meant to rattle Venezuela.”

According to Fox News, Trump told reporters last week that he authorized the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to carry out secret operations in Venezuela. Explaining his administration’s reasoning behind the authorization, Trump pointed to illegal drugs being sent from Venezuela to the United States and the release of Venezuelan prisoners into the country.

Trump also confirmed last week that Maduro recently offered to allow the United States to access the country’s natural resources, including oil, according to Fox News. Trump suggested that Maduro does not want to “f-ck around” with the United States.

Addressing the Trump administration’s actions in the Caribbean, Brandan Buck, a Cato Institute Foreign policy analyst, told Fox News, “The Trump administration is likely attempting to force Maduro to voluntarily leave office through a series of diplomatic moves, and now military action and the threat thereof.”