"But, We tracked it from the Caribbean to the Indian Ocean, closed the distance, and shut it down, it said. The post included a video of US forces boarding a helicopter and then boarding the tanker ship. Venezuela faced US sanctions on its oil for several years, relying on a shadow fleet of falsely flagged tankers to smuggle crude into global supply chains."
"The seizures are part of the Trump administration's broader efforts to take control of Venezuela's oil. US Secretary of Energy Chris Wright told NBC News on Thursday that oil sales from Venezuela, controlled by Washington, have generated more than $1bn since Maduro's capture. He said the sales in the next few months will bring in another $5bn. According to TankerTrackers.com, the Veronica III left Venezuela on January 3, the same day as Maduro's abduction, with nearly 2 million barrels of crude and fuel oil."
US forces tracked and seized the Panamanian-flagged tanker Veronica III in the Indian Ocean after it left Venezuela carrying nearly 2 million barrels of crude and fuel oil on January 3. The tanker tried to evade a US blockade of sanctioned vessels in the Caribbean but was followed from the Caribbean to the Indian Ocean and boarded. The seizure is one of at least nine similar interdictions of tankers linked to Venezuelan oil and is tied to wider US efforts to control Venezuelan oil revenue. The Trump administration ordered a quarantine of sanctioned tankers in December, and US-controlled oil sales have generated over $1 billion with more revenue expected.
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