Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar says Trinidad and To­ba­go’s en­try in­to a US-led al­liance, as an­nounced by Unit­ed States Sec­re­tary of State Mar­co Ru­bio, will serve the coun­try’s in­ter­ests as the T&T gov­ern­ment in­ten­si­fies ef­forts against car­tels.

The US has de­ployed war­ships to the Caribbean to tar­get drug car­tels. On Tues­day, Ru­bio an­nounced that T&T had joined the group­ing—com­pris­ing sev­er­al Caribbean and Latin Amer­i­can coun­tries—work­ing to stem the flow of drugs in­to the Unit­ed States. These in­clude EcuaPrime­dor, Paraguay, Guyana, Ar­genti­na, and now Trinidad and To­ba­go.

Speak­ing to Guardian Me­dia at the clos­ing of the JA­VA crick­et camp held in Pe­nal yes­ter­day, she said this was the best way to curb crime.