US Military Official: ‘China and Russia May Be Collaborating’ South of US Border

Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L) attend a summit for the Belt and Road initiative, at the International Conference Center in Yanqi Lake, north of Beijing, China, on May 15, 2017. Lintao Zhang/AFP/Getty Images

A U.S. military official on Tuesday said Russia and the Chinese regime “may be collaborating” south of the U.S.-Mexico border—namely, Venezuela.

U.S. Southern Command chief Navy Admiral Craig Faller said China and transnational criminal organizations are “the two biggest threats” that U.S. forces in the SOUTHCOM, or United States Southern Command, area face.