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US military boards sanctioned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean after pursuit from the Caribbean
The Aquila II was boarded in the Indian Ocean after breaching a U.S. blockade on sanctioned vessels linked to Venezuelan oil, carrying about 700,000 barrels, officials said.
- After tracking it from the Caribbean, U.S. military forces boarded the Aquila II in the Indian Ocean following a right-of-visit maritime interdiction in the INDOPACOM area, Monday.
- Following the Jan. 3 ouster of Nicolás Maduro, a flotilla including the Suezmax tanker Aquila II departed Venezuelan waters last month, with U.S. officials accusing it of breaching the quarantine of sanctioned vessels in the Caribbean.
- Data show the tanker, identified as Panamanian-flagged and sanctioned, carried about 700,000 barrels of Venezuelan heavy crude bound for China and spent much of last year running dark, owned by a company in Hong Kong.
- Pentagon posts variously said U.S. forces boarded and in some statements said they seized the tanker, while data transmitted Monday indicated Aquila II was not currently carrying crude.
- Policy moves have targeted shipments to Cuba and included a recent executive order imposing tariffs, while the Trump administration seeks to control Venezuela's oil and officials see tanker seizures as generating cash to rebuild its oil sector.
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