Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has confirmed the mobilization of 25,000 members of the Armed Forces developed on the border with Colombia and the coast of the country, with the backdrop of the US crisis, sent by a warships to the south of the South Caribbean.

“I ordered the development of 25,000 men and women of our glorious Bolivan Armed Forces (FANB),” Mr Maduro stressed through social networking sites, confirming statements by Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino Lopes.

He announced that aid was sent to the “Peace Zone of the Two Nations”, to the border with Colombia, to the coasts in the Caribbean, where the country’s most important refineries are located, as well as on the eastern border, especially in Delta Amakouro, on the border with Guyana.

“The primary purpose is to defend Venezuela’s national sovereignty, and is recorded in the” Struggle for Peace “, the president added.

Donald Trump’s US counterpart threatened days ago that Venezuelan fighters would be “fired” if they are judged to threaten US naval forces in the region. Armada developed in the name of the war against drug trafficking.

Sources of US media in the Trump government have said that there are no attacks on Venezuelan territory against facilities that belong to drug cartels.

Venezuelan Vice President and oil minister Delsi Rodrigas insisted that her country does not play a “big” role in drug trafficking, referring to a UN report. He spoke of a “farce”, a “lies” with a “sole purpose” for the US Armed Forces to “attack Venezuela”.

Washington accuses President Maduro of “directing” drug cartel and in July increased to $ 50 million a fee of offering information that would allow it to be arrested.

Last week, the American Armada hit a high -speed driver of drugs to international waters after departing from Venezuela according to US President Trump, who spoke of 11 dead “drugs”.

The Venezuelan armed forces have somewhere 123,000 members, according to military sources. They add another 220,000 nationalists who, according to President Maduro, have been invited to service and will be mobilized in the coming days.