Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro addressed the deployment of US military forces to Central America to fight drug cartels, and condemned what he described as a "threat" of "eight ships and 1,200 missiles and a submarine" that he claims were sent from the US to "attack Venezuela." Maduro made these remarks during a press conference held in the capital Caracas and added that this is "the biggest threat to us in 100 years that is unjustified and immoral, and absolutely a murderous and criminal threat."