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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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Morning Brief: Rochester Police Ambush, UN Peacekeepers Killed, US Seizes Second Venezuelan Oil Tanker
From an ambush that wounded three Rochester police officers, to the killing of UN peacekeepers overseas, to US forces seizing sanctioned oil tankers off Venezuela, a series of escalating incidents highlights growing risks for security forces operating in unstable and increasingly contested environments. #Headline #SOFREP #Galenfries #Sundan #RochesterPD #Venezuelantanker
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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