The US has ordered the deployment of ten F-35 fighter jets to a Puerto Rico airfield to conduct operations against drug cartels.

Axar.az reports, citing Reuters, the advanced fighter jets will be added to an already bristling US military presence in the southern Caribbean as President Donald Trump carries out a campaign pledge to crack down on groups he blames for funneling drugs into the United States.

The sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the 10 fighter jets are being sent to conduct operations against designated narco-terrorist organizations operating in the southern Caribbean. The planes should arrive in the area by late next week, they said.