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US forces boarded and seized control of an oil tanker in the Caribbean, which it alleges was violating sanctions on Venezuelan oil. President Donald Trump declared a blockade of Venezuelan oil that US forces maintained after the capture of President Nicolas Maduro.
“This morning, US military forces, in support of the DHS, apprehended Motor Vessel Sagitta without incident,” US Southern Command wrote on X Tuesday. “The apprehension of another tanker operating in defiance of President Trump’s established quarantine of sanctioned vessels in the Caribbean demonstrates our resolve to ensure that the only oil leaving Venezuela will be oil that. . .
