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US seizes second vessel near Venezuela as Trump administration ramps up pressure on Caracas

The Coast Guard boarded the Panama-flagged tanker Centuries carrying up to 2 million barrels of Venezuelan crude amid a U.S. blockade targeting illicit oil funding narcoterrorism.

  • The US has seized a sanctioned vessel in international waters near Venezuela, as reported by US officials to CBS News.
  • US President Donald Trump ordered a 'blockade' of sanctioned oil tankers related to Venezuela.
  • Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro accused the US of 'kidnapping the crew' and 'stealing' the ship.
  • Venezuela's government described the blockade as a 'grotesque threat' and a violation of international law.
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Homeland Security Minister Kristi Noem announced on Saturday on X the interception by the U.S. Coast Guard and with the support of the Pentagon of "an oil tanker who had landed for the last time in Venezuela".

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NBC LA broke the news in Los Angeles, United States on Saturday, December 20, 2025.
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