US military seizes Venezuela oil tanker under Trump sanctions
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The US military seized the oil tanker Veronica, sailing under a Guyanese flag, in a pre-dawn operation in the Caribbean Sea. The seizure, conducted by US Marines and sailors launched from the USS Gerald R Ford, was in support of Trump administration sanctions against Venezuela's oil industry. US Southern Command announced the action, stating the Veronica was operating in defiance of the established quarantine of sanctioned vessels. The location of the seizure was not specified, but the ship's last recorded position was off the coast of Venezuela. This is the sixth known boarding and seizure of a foreign-flagged oil tanker since Nicolás Maduro's removal from power. The Trump administration has been working to control the distribution of Venezuela's oil globally.
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