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The U.S. seized Motor/Tanker Veronica, the sixth sanctioned vessel linked to Venezuela, enforcing a quarantine to control oil exports amid a broader campaign, officials said.
- On January 15, 2026 U.S. forces seized Motor/Tanker Veronica in the Caribbean, the sixth Venezuela-linked tanker taken under President Donald Trump’s oil-control campaign.
- The Trump administration says the campaign began as pressure to oust Nicolás Maduro, Venezuelan president, and to assert control over Venezuela's oil resources, enforcing a U.S. quarantine on sanctioned vessels imposed in December.
- Launching from USS Gerald R. Ford , U.S. Marines and sailors joined a U.S. Coast Guard tactical team for a pre-dawn boarding of Veronica, with officials saying the capture occurred without incident.
- At the White House, officials say the first US-managed sale of Venezuelan oil, worth $500m, has been completed, with plans to market between 50 million and 50 million barrels, and Trump asked oil executives for $100bn in investment.
- Targeting a shadow fleet of more than 1,000 vessels positions the U.S. to control sanctioned oil flows, with the U.S. Southern Command saying `The only oil leaving Venezuela will be oil that is coordinated properly and lawfully`.
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The United States has seized another oil tanker with alleged ties to Venezuela. The seizure occurred in the Caribbean Sea. On X, the…
The United States is seizing a new oil tanker in the Caribbean as part of its campaign against Venezuela and its oil exports.
The U.S. Coast Guard seized the oil tanker Veronica in Caribbean waters on Thursday, accused of violating Washington’s blockade of Venezuelan crude oil, said National Security Secretary Kristi Noem. “First thing this morning, a tactical team from the Coast Guard carried out a boarding and seizure of the Veronica tanker in the Caribbean,” Noem wrote in an X-message accompanied by a video of the operation, conducted in coordination with the Depart…
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