Name: U.S. seizes sixth sanctioned oil tanker it says has ties to Venezuela
Uploaded: 2026-01-16T14:52:52+08:00
Duration: PT36.708S
Description: U.S. forces have seized another sanctioned oil tanker, Veronica, in the Caribbean Sea, saying it had ties to Venezuela as Washington steps up enforcement of oil-related sanctions. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the ship defied a U.S. quarantine

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U.S. forces have seized another sanctioned oil tanker, Veronica, in the Caribbean Sea, saying it had ties to Venezuela as Washington steps up enforcement of oil-related sanctions. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the ship defied a U.S. quarantine on sanctioned vessels, with Marines, sailors and a Coast Guard team boarding the tanker from the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford. It is the sixth tanker seized as the United States seeks to curb Venezuela's oil exports.

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