Trinidad and Tobago's prime minister said the US is setting up radar equipment in Tobago to track drug trafficking and boost airport security after she walked back her earlier claim that all American Marines had left the country. Kamla Persad-Bissessar admitted some troops stuck around to help with installation work at the international airport, contradicting what she told people just a day before about everyone being gone after the joint training wrapped up.
The military presence ramped up after a guided-missile destroyer showed up with Marines back in late October for exercises with local defense forces, and they bounced out, then came back again this month. The war secretary hit the region recently after meeting with the Dominican Republic president about carving out zones for anti-drug ops, while flight trackers caught American aircraft landing, and people spotted uniformed personnel hanging around hotels.
The military presence ramped up after a guided-missile destroyer showed up with Marines back in late October for exercises with local defense forces, and they bounced out, then came back again this month. The war secretary hit the region recently after meeting with the Dominican Republic president about carving out zones for anti-drug ops, while flight trackers caught American aircraft landing, and people spotted uniformed personnel hanging around hotels.
