US Coast Guard Intercepts Cargo Boat Carrying Fuel Bound for Cuba, NYT Reports
Coast Guard officials said the 300-foot tanker used dark fleet tactics and was seized with Mexican authorities.
- On Friday, the United States Coast Guard announced the interception of the 300-foot tanker "Grace" in the Caribbean Sea on September 5 after the vessel used "dark fleet" maneuvers to evade authorities.
- The seizures occur amid the Trump administration's ongoing fuel blockade on Cuba, aimed at changing the government but causing severe fuel shortages and prolonged power outages affecting water, lighting, and communications.
- Authorities brought the "Grace" to Progreso, Mexico, where a Mexican Navy inspection team confirmed large quantities of fuel in ballast tanks; the Coast Guard previously seized the "Jaira Provider" on June 28 carrying more than 200,000 gallons.
- "The high seas are not a sanctuary for lawlessness," said Adm. Kevin Lunday, commandant of the Coast Guard, warning that dark fleet actors employing deceptive tactics will not evade justice.
- Coast Guard cutters continue patrolling waters off Cuba to enforce the Trump administration's crippling oil embargo, bringing every capability to bear to interdict vessels and uphold international law.
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The U.S. Coast Guard intercepted a ship with fuel supply for Cuba in September. The energy crisis on the island is intensifying.
In the midst of the oil, commercial and financial siege, the Coast Guard intercepted and diverted a ship with fuel that it claims was destined for Cuba, continuing the policy of suffocating strategic sectors and essential services of the Cuban people.
By Michael Rios, CNN The U.S. Coast Guard reported this Friday that it intercepted a ship transporting fuel illegally to Cuba, at a time when the Trump administration continues to enforce a fuel blockade that seriously affects the island governed by the communist regime.The Coast Guard boarded the ship, called “Grace,” to
Ship Grace is intercepted by the U.S. Coast Guard; the ship was carrying fuel to Cuba.
A ship is said to have illegally hidden its cargo for the socialist state. For months, the US has been preventing the supply of oil and fuel from other countries to Cuba.
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A ship is said to have illegally hidden its cargo for the socialist state. For months, the US has been preventing the supply of oil and fuel from other countries to Cuba.
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