The US has in international waters off the coast Venezuela According to consistent media reports, another sanctioned ship was seized. This is reported by the Reuters news agency and NBC News, among others, each citing US officials. The US Coast Guard is leading the operation. According to the TV station NBC The US military supports the action by dropping members of the Coast Guard from army helicopters.
The U.S. Department of Defense and Coast Guard referred for comment to the White House, which had no immediate comment. There was also initially no response from the Venezuelan oil ministry and the state oil company PDVSA.
The confiscation takes place a few days after one
Announcement by US President Donald Trump“I am ordering a total and complete blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers entering or leaving Venezuela,” Trump said on Tuesday. Since the first one Seizure of a tanker in the past week they are Venezuelan crude oil exports declined sharply.
US Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel said at the time that the ship was part of an illegal network that transported oil to support foreign terrorist organizations. The government of Venezuela strongly condemned the storming: the operation was “a brazen robbery and an act of international piracy,” said a statement from the Foreign Ministry.
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