US EditionUS military releases video of operation to seize sanctioned tanker near Venezuela
- On Wednesday, President Donald Trump announced the United States has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, a move shared on social media on December 10, 2025.
- Attorney General Pamela Bondi said the vessel transported sanctioned oil from Venezuela and Iran and had been sanctioned for years for supporting foreign terrorist organizations.
- A coordinated operation led by the U.S. Coast Guard involved FBI and Homeland Security Investigations, with federal video showing helicopter teams boarding; authorities said it ended safely and investigations continue.
- In Caracas, Maduro told supporters Wednesday, `From Venezuela, we ask and demand an end to the illegal and brutal interventionism of the United States government in Venezuela and in Latin America`.
- The seizure occurred amid a broader U.S. campaign that has included more than 20 strikes since early September killing more than 80 people, and Trump said the U.S. would soon focus on land trafficking routes.
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The United States stormed and seized a tanker off the coast of Venezuela. The ship was involved in an "illegal network" for the transport of sanctioned oil, according to the U.S. government.
U.S. Seizes Venezuelan Oil Tanker
U.S. forces have captured a large oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, President Donald Trump said, describing the tanker as the biggest ever seized. The ship was carrying crude oil from Venezuela and Iran, banned under U.S. sanctions, Attorney General Pam Bondi said. Venezuela condemned the action, calling it “international piracy,” with President Nicolás Maduro saying the country would not become an “oil colony.” The seizure caused oil price…
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Screenshot from Pam Bondi’s X page.Excuse me, what in the Somali pirate?! Donald John Trump, commander in chief of these United States, claimed on Wednesday that the US Coast Guard has seized a Venezuelan oil tanker. And the US is going to keep the oil! And he’ll do it again!Was the oil tanker full of liquefied fentanyl it was coming to squirt on the US? No! Was it engaging in hostilities? No again. It was full of oil from PDVSA, Venezuela’s sta…
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