US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Trinidad and Tobago is part of a US-led coalition, comprising Caribbean and Latin American countries, which is co-operating to stop the flow of drugs into the US.

The US has sent a fleet of warships to the southern Caribbean aimed at crippling the Cartel de los Soles of Venezuela, which it said is responsible for the majority of illegal drugs flooding its streets,

Speaking during a cabinet meeting with US President Donald Trump at the White House on August 26, Rubio said for the first time in modern times, the US was on the offence against organised cartels pumping poisons into American cities.