US forces intercepted and seized a sanctioned oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, marking a serious escalation of tensions between the two countries.
“We’ve just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela — large tanker, very large, largest one ever seized, actually,” President
A senior Trump administration official referred to the ship as “a stateless vessel” that was last docked in Venezuela. Bloomberg News was first to report the seizure.
WATCH: US forces intercepted and seized a sanctioned oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela. Stephen Stapczynski reports. Source: Bloomberg
The US action may make it much harder for Venezuela to export ...
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