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The U.S. military conducted a maritime interdiction and boarding of the Panama-flagged tanker Veronica III after tracking it from the Caribbean to enforce sanctions on Venezuelan oil shipments.
- On Sunday, the U.S. Department of Defense conducted a maritime interdiction and boarded the Panamanian-flagged tanker Veronica III in the Indian Ocean.
- President Donald Trump ordered a quarantine of sanctioned tankers in December, and the administration has seized vessels to control Venezuela's oil amid a shadow fleet of falsely flagged tankers.
- Pentagon said `We tracked it from the Caribbean to the Indian Ocean, closed the distance, and shut it down.` Video posted by the Pentagon shows U.S. troops boarding the tanker overnight without incident.
- The Pentagon declined to disclose whether the Veronica III was formally seized, and a defense official said the ship is being held while its ultimate fate is decided.
- Last week, U.S. forces boarded the tanker Veronica III in the Indian Ocean, which left Venezuela with nearly 2 million barrels, according to TankerTrackers.com.
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The U.S. military announced it had boarded a second oil tanker in a week, pursuing it from the Caribbean to the Indian Ocean, emphasizing that "international waters are not a safe haven."
By Emily Condon, CNN - US military forces detained and boarded a Venezuelan-linked oil tanker overnight in the Indian Ocean, the Pentagon said. The Veronica III, sailing under the Panamanian flag, according to the Treasury Department, is the latest tanker the US says it has targeted for defying President Donald Trump's quarantine aimed at pressuring Venezuela, US Southern Command wrote in a press release. Since the January arrest of Venezuelan P…
US forces board oil tanker in Indian Ocean that fled Caribbean blockade
The United States intercepted a new oil tanker in the Indian Ocean that had fled the blockade ordered by US President Donald Trump against sanctioned ships leaving or heading to Venezuela, the Pentagon announced on Sunday.
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