The US embassy in Trinidad and Tobago said Saturday that Americans should stay away from American government facilities this weekend.
The warning was issued 'due to a heightened state of alert,' the embassy said. No further specifics were immediately provided.
The embassy's alert 'could be linked' to rising tensions in the Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago's minister of homeland security Roger Alexander said to the Associated Press.
Trinidad and Tobago is only about seven miles from Venezuela.
Over the last two months, the US military has struck at least five Venezuelan boats accused of carrying illegal narcotics in the Caribbean, killing approximately 27 people.
The island nation has implemented 'security measures to deal with any situations that may arise,' Alexander said.
The US embassy in Trinidad and Tobago said Saturday that Americans should stay away from American government facilities this weekend.
The US embassy told Americans to be aware of their surroundings, monitor 'reputable' news outlets and report suspicious activity to local authorities.
The US embassy said Americans should be aware of their surroundings, monitor 'reputable' news outlets and report suspicious activity to local authorities.
The security alert reminded Americans looking to travel to the US that they must hold a valid passport.
Alexander assured the Trinidad Guardian that 'Trinidadians are safe.'
When asked whether senior government officials had been moved to safe houses, the outlet said Alexander responded, 'Every house is a safe house.'
John Jeremie, the attorney general of Trinidad and Tobago, added that the American embassy's warning was not related to Saturday's 'No Kings' protests in the US against Donald Trump and his administration.
Trinidad and Tobago prime minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar was vague when asked about the alert.
She said, 'Please ask the US. It is their notice.'
Tobago's minister of homeland security Roger Alexander said that 'Trinidadians are safe'
Trinidad and Tobago is only about seven miles from Venezuela's coast
On September 30, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio posted on X that he had met with Persad-Bissessar.
Rubio wrote: 'Met with Prime Minister [Persad-Bissessar] to discuss the strong US-Trinidad and Tobago partnership on regional security, counternarcotics cooperation, and energy development.
'I also commended their government's effort to counter Transnational Criminal Organizations, curb illicit firearms and narcotics trafficking, and support Haiti through the proposed UN Support Office and Haiti Gang Suppression Force.'
Venezuela has previously accused the US of waging an 'undeclared war' in the Caribbean.
On Friday, a reporter asked Trump how Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, who the Department of State has a $50m bounty on, has 'offered everything' to him following US strikes on the alleged drug boats.
The US president said: 'He has offered everything, you're right.'
'You know why? Because he doesn't want to f* around with the United States.'