"US Coast Guard officials said on Sunday that they are tracking an oil tanker in international waters close to Venezuela, according to Reuters, marking the second such action over the weekend and the third within the past week. One official indicated that the tanker is subject to sanctions. The officials, who requested anonymity, did not disclose the precise location of the pursuit."
"Donald Trump had recently declared a blockade targeting all sanctioned oil tankers traveling into or out of Venezuela. The US president's campaign to increase pressure on authoritarian Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro has involved a strengthened American military presence in the region, along with more than two dozen military strikes against vessels in the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea near the South American country. Those attacks have resulted in at least 100 deaths."
US Coast Guard is tracking an oil tanker in international waters close to Venezuela and indicated the vessel is subject to sanctions. The tracking marks multiple similar actions over the past week, including at least two seizures of oil tankers near Venezuela. President Donald Trump declared a blockade targeting sanctioned oil tankers entering or leaving Venezuela and increased US military presence in the region. More than two dozen military strikes against vessels in the Pacific and Caribbean have been carried out near Venezuela, resulting in at least 100 deaths. US officials and a trader offered contrasting views on the seizures' likely impact on oil prices.
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