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After all, deploying fighter jets each time would be expensive.

And those concerns come as the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford and its escort ships enter the region, bringing the largest influx of personnel, jet fighters and missiles it has seen in decades.

The government had said back in April that it would acquire fighter planes from Saab but did not say how many or for how much money.

In recent weeks, Washington has deployed warships, fighter jets and thousands of soldiers to Latin America and launched strikes on 21 alleged drug-smuggling boats, killing at least 80 people.

The United States has deployed warships, fighter jets and thousands of soldiers to Latin America in recent weeks and launched strikes on 21 alleged drug-smuggling boats, killing at least 80 people.