A US warship has docked in the capital of Trinidad and Tobago, as US President Donald Trump increases military pressure on Venezuela.

Axar.az informs, citing Sky news, the guided missile destroyer, USS Gravely, is in addition to the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R Ford, which is moving closer to Venezuela.

President Trump has accused the country's president, Nicolas Maduro, of being the leader of an organised crime gang but has not offered any evidence.

President Maduro has called the deployment of warships an attempt by the US government to "invent a new eternal war" against his country.

Government officials in Trinidad and Tobago and from the US said the warship will remain in Trinidad until Thursday for training exercises.

Venezuela's government has since issued a statement condemning what it called a military provocation by Trinidad and Tobago and the US.

The country claimed it captured a group of mercenaries "with direct information of the American intelligence agency" who intended to carry out a false flag attack in the region.