
Republican Rep. Carlos GImenez continued to escalate his rhetoric against Venezuela's authoritarian government as U.S. warships continue heading off its coast.
On Friday, the lawmaker echoed a message from Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who drew attention to a statement by the Guyanese government expressing its "grave concern" over the "threat to peace and security in the region posed by transnational organized crime and narco-terrorism, often involving criminal networks such as the Cartel de los Soles of Venezuela."