US Seizes Third Ship Carrying Oil Near Venezuela

UPDATE: 12/21/25 11:21 AM - Reuters reports the US has seized a third ship in the Caribbean

The US seized an oil tanker in international waters after the ship departed Venezuela. The piracy was conducted after President Donald Trump ordered a “total and complete” blockage of sanctioned Venezuelan oil tankers. 

“In a pre-dawn action early this morning on Dec. 20, the US Coast Guard with the support of the Department of War apprehended an oil tanker that was last docked in Venezuela,” Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem wrote on X. “The United States will. . .