US EditionTrump administration seizes oil tanker off Venezuela coast, US officials say
The U.S. Coast Guard led the seizure of a sanctioned tanker linked to a black-market oil network funding narcotics and terrorism, part of efforts to pressure Maduro's regime.
- On Wednesday, US forces seized the tanker Skipper off Venezuela, with Pam Bondi releasing footage of helicopter rappelling during the operation.
- Bondi said the tanker Skipper had been sanctioned for years for transporting oil from Venezuela and Iran, while a federal judge issued a seizure warrant over alleged Iran-backed terror links.
- FBI and Homeland Security Investigations personnel took part with US Coast Guard MSRT teams executing the seizure, while active-duty soldiers provided helicopter transport and overhead surveillance.
- Venezuela's government condemned the seizure as international piracy, calling it 'blatant theft' and vowing to denounce it internationally; analysts say it will warn tanker owners, disrupt the shadow fleet, and delay exports.
- The seizure sits within a broader pressure campaign that includes a $50 million reward and the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier deployment, while US Senator Chris Van Hollen criticized it as evidence of regime-change aims.
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PI Briefing | No. 46 | A Tale of Two Internationals
On Wednesday, 10 December, US President Donald Trump bragged to the White House press corps of his administration’s latest triumph. “We just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela,” he said. “A very large one — largest one ever seized, actually.” The vessel was carrying oil from one heavily sanctioned, sovereign Latin American state to another — from Venezuela to Cuba. A literal lifeline between two nations was cut off by a foreign power clai…
National Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the operation was part of a strategy to combat drug trafficking and restrict the resources of Maduro's dictatorship
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White House Sanctions Six Ships and Says It Won’t Rule Out More Seizures
Evan Vucci/APThe White House isn’t ruling out further action against Venezuela — including seizing more ships — after the U.S. Coast Guard seized a large oil tanker on Wednesday off the country’s coast.The posture leaves the door open for more aggressive action to stymie the country’s oil industry, its largest source of revenue.The Treasury Department also announced Thursday afternoon that it would target six shipping companies and six individua…
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