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The US plans to deploy a specialized Maritime Special Response Team to board the Bella 1, enforcing sanctions on Venezuelan and Iranian-linked oil under a judicial seizure order.
- The United States is weighing deployment of a Maritime Special Response Team to board the Bella 1, which it continues pursuing into international waters near Venezuela.
- A judicial order exists that would allow the seizure of Bella 1, which the White House says is sailing under a false flag, following Trump's 'blockade' on sanctioned Venezuelan oil tankers.
- The Bella 1 refused to stop when the Coast Guard tried to interdict it, made a U-turn and sailed into the Atlantic, and has been on the run since, unlike previous tankers intercepted and piloted to Texas.
- For now, officials say enforcing restrictions on Venezuelan oil is the priority, and administration officials view squeezing President Nicolás Maduro's economic lifeline as key, while there is no major rush to board the Bella 1.
- While officials debate boarding, President Donald Trump has ordered a massive military buildup in the Caribbean Sea near Venezuela but has not yet issued a final order for land strikes, though he says they will come 'soon'.
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By Kevin Liptak, CNN - The United States has not abandoned the pursuit of a massive, rusting oil tanker that was tracked into international waters near Venezuela last weekend, and U.S. officials are considering deploying additional resources to the area to board the vessel by force, people familiar with the matter told CNN. Authorities no longer expect the Bella 1 to return to the country to load oil while the U.S. military and Coast Guard pursu…
US contemplates sending more resources to forcibly board oil tanker near Venezuela
The United States hasn’t given up its pursuit of the massive, rusted oil tanker it chased into international waters near Venezuela last weekend, and officials are now contemplating moving additional resources into the area to forcibly board the ship, people familiar with the matter said.
U.S. Military Reportedly Calls Elite Force To Board Tanker Defying Seizure Attempts
The U.S. is beefing up its military presence in the Caribbean further to board a tanker linked to Venezuela and Iran as part of its blockade of sanctioned vessels heading in and out of the South American country.
U.S. forces continue to pursue ghost oil tanker Bella 1, a sanctioned vessel transporting Iranian crude from the black market and fleeing the Venezuelan coasts to evade capture. After more than five days of persecution, the Coast Guard and the U.S. Army are adding troops and weaponry to board the ship by force, according to U.S. authorities. The units deployed include a Maritime Special Response Team, an elite force specialized in boarding hosti…
American naval force analyzes the sending of more resources to get the Bella 1 and its load of crude.
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