A US naval strike force led by the world's largest warship, the USS Gerald R. Ford, has arrived in the Caribbean Sea, the US Navy has confirmed.

President Donald Trump ordered the deployment of the strike force to the Caribbean last month.

The force was deployed as the US is conducting attacks on drug trafficking. Tensions between the US and Venezuela continue over drug trafficking by boat. 

So far, the US has carried out at least 19 attacks in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific. At least 76 people have been killed, according to the international media outlet BBC. 

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and other officials have accused the US of trying to overthrow the leftist socialist government.