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US military boards another oil tanker in Indian Ocean after tracking it from the Caribbean
U.S. forces intercepted the Veronica III, carrying nearly 2 million barrels of crude, 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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U.S. military boards another oil tanker after tracking it from Caribbean
U.S. military forces boarded another sanctioned tanker in the Indian Ocean after tracking the vessel from the Caribbean Sea in an effort to target illicit oil connected to Venezuela, the Pentagon says.
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US forces board and 'shut down' sanctioned Venezuela-linked oil tanker in the Indian Ocean
The Veronica III left Venezuela on the same day as Nicolás Maduro was seized in an American military operation, with Washington declaring the tanker had tried to 'defy President Trump's quarantine'.
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US forces board second sanctioned oil tanker in Indian Ocean
The U.S. military boarded an oil tanker in the Indian Ocean after tracking the vessel for thousands of miles, saying it tried to circumvent President Donald Trump’s energy blockade in the Caribbean against sanctioned ships. The Pentagon, in a post…
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