"The United States military announced that it has seized a seventh Venezuela-linked oil tanker, as the US tightens its control over the production and sale of the country's considerable oil resources. US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), which oversees military operations in Latin America, said on Tuesday that it captured the Motor Vessel Sagitta as part of its blockade on oil vessels leaving and entering the country."
"The apprehension of another tanker operating in defiance of President Trump's established quarantine of sanctioned vessels in the Caribbean demonstrates our resolve to ensure that the only oil leaving Venezuela will be oil that is coordinated properly and lawfully, SOUTHCOM said in a statement. It added that Tuesday's tanker seizure occurred without incident, sharing a video appearing to show US forces flying towards the vessel and landing on its deck."
The United States military has seized a seventh Venezuela-linked oil tanker, the Motor Vessel Sagitta, as part of a blockade on vessels entering and leaving Venezuela. SOUTHCOM said the apprehension occurred without incident and released video showing US forces flying to and boarding the vessel. Seizures began on December 10 as part of an escalating pressure campaign on Venezuela. Tensions peaked on January 3 when President Donald Trump authorized a predawn operation to abduct Nicolás Maduro. Trump and allies sought to claim Venezuelan oil, citing early 20th-century US prospecting; Venezuela nationalized oil in 1971 and expropriated foreign assets in 2007. Legal experts view US claims as violations of Venezuelan sovereignty, while the US continues to assert control over Venezuelan oil and threaten further military action.
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