"Veronica, a crude oil tanker that marine records suggest is sailing under a Guyanese flag, was boarded in a pre-dawn action by US marines and sailors, the US Southern Command said in a post on social media. The operation was conducted in cooperation with the US Coast Guard, homeland security department and justice department, the post said. It included blurry, black-and-white aerial footage appearing to show service members descending on to the tanker's deck from a helicopter."
"[Forces] launched from USS Gerald R Ford (CVN 78) and apprehended Motor/Tanker Veronica without incident. The Veronica is the latest tanker operating in defiance of President Trump's established quarantine of sanctioned vessels in the Caribbean, proving the effectiveness of Operation Southern Spear yet again, the message said. It did not explain precisely where the operation took place, but according to marinetraffic.com the 815ft (249m) vessel's last recorded position 12 days ago was off the coast of Venezuela."
"It is the sixth known boarding and seizure by the US military of a foreign-flagged oil tanker in support of Trump's clamping down on the Venezuelan oil industry since the capture of the country's president, Nicolas Maduro, in Caracas and subsequent removal to the US earlier this month. On Friday, Southern Command announced the boarding of a vessel named Olina in the Caribbean Sea near Trinidad, the fifth interdiction of such ships in recent weeks."
US marines and sailors conducted a pre-dawn boarding of the crude oil tanker Veronica, which appears to sail under a Guyanese flag. The operation involved the US Coast Guard, the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice, and included aerial footage showing service members descending onto the deck from a helicopter. Forces launched from the USS Gerald R Ford and apprehended the vessel without incident. The Veronica is the sixth known US boarding and seizure of a foreign-flagged oil tanker tied to measures restricting Venezuela's oil distribution. Previous interdictions include the Olina near Trinidad.
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