US sends aircraft carrier to South America as tensions mount

The Pentagon on Friday ordered the deployment of the USS Gerald R. Fordaircraft carrierand its strike group to an unidentified location off South America, a dramatic increase in regional combat power that the White House says is aimed at disrupting drug trafficking throughout the Western Hemisphere.

TheUS militaryis sending an aircraft carrier to the waters offSouth America, thePentagonannounced Friday, in the la