The Venezuelan military says it has raised its alert level following the discovery of an alleged U.S. plot to fabricate an incident at an ExxonMobil offshore platform in the contested waters between Venezuela and Guyana to justify an armed conflict.

Colombia said it’s acting “decisively” against transnational organized crime after a senior U.S. official described the country’s president as being sympathetic to drug traffickers and gang members.

The new military deployments have surged to the southern border since Jan. 20 when President Donald Trump ordered the Defense Department to support efforts by the Department of Homeland Security to seal the border.

“It would be a very bad day for the Venezuelan regime if they attacked Guyana or ExxonMobil,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated. “We have a large Navy, and it can reach almost anywhere in the world. And we have ongoing commitments to Guyana.”

The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance departed Naval Base San Diego on Saturday to help deter illegal crossings and drug trafficking as part the military’s efforts to bolster security along the southern border.

NATO plans to ask European allies and Canada to increase their stocks of weaponry and equipment by about 30% in the next few years, according to an alliance official. This would require a massive financial effort from most European allies and Canada, while U.S. outlays wouldn’t need to change.

The USS Gravely has deployed to the Gulf of America on a mission usually reserved for the U.S. Coast Guard to help deter illegal crossings and drug trafficking as part the military’s efforts to bolster security along the southern border.

The vessel is commonly used in overseas missions. The Coast Guard typically takes a lead role in security missions at sea close to the United States.

The display of unity in a remote Canadian tourist town papered over Trump’s dismissiveness of Canada as an independent country, and his threat to impose 200 percent tariffs on European wine and liquor as the two-day meeting carried on between the U.S. and its traditionally closest allies.

The Nicolás Maduro regime has agreed to resume flights transporting Venezuelans deported from the United States back to their home country, U.S. diplomat Richard Grenell said.