South America

It’s not some civil war-torn region in sub-Saharan Africa, or a city in Latin or South America under the control of drug cartels.

It said surging drug production in South America, which often passes through the Caribbean on its way to the US and Europe, and the high availability of firearms, had "contributed to soaring homicide rates".

They believed he had probably fled to central or South America.

The president's warning comes after Venezuela flew military aircraft near a US vessel off South America for the second time in two days, US officials told the BBC's US partner CBS News.

Most drugs entering the U.S. homeland from South America arrive in shipping containers, submarines and more efficient modes of transportation than speedboats — and primarily come through the Pacific, not the Caribbean, Britto said.