US EditionUS forces in Caribbean seize seventh sanctioned oil tanker linked to Venezuela
- U.S. military forces apprehended the Motor Vessel Sagitta, marking the seventh oil tanker connected to Venezuela seized as part of efforts to control Venezuelan oil exports.
- U.S. Southern Command stated the Sagitta was captured "without incident" for defying President Donald Trump's sanctions on vessels in the Caribbean.
- Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov condemned the tanker seizure and claimed the U.S. agreed to release detained Russian crew members, which remains unconfirmed.
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The US military seized its seventh tanker carrying Venezuelan oil on Tuesday, the US Southern Command said in a social media post. The statement said the tanker Sagitta was seized in the Caribbean without incident, violating President Donald Trump's blockade.
The US military has again seized a tanker in the Caribbean with links to Venezuela. It is important that only Venezuela oil is left, which is properly coordinated, according to the statement of the US South Command.
On Tuesday, the United States military seized another tanker near the coast of Venezuela, a tank vessel carrying Venezuelan oil on board, the seventh tanker detained by the United States Coast Guard since the beginning of December, as part of an operation to block tank vessels operating in violation of the sanctions.
Donald Trump decided in December to blockade oil ships to prevent Venezuela from selling its own resources. Donald Trump is now in charge of transactions.
The United States announced March that they confiscated a oil tank in the Caribbean Sea, the seventh such operation since American President Donald Trump imposed in December a ship blockade with sanctions related to Venezuela, announced CBS...
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