By Kevin Liptak, CNN
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Personnel from the United States boarded and seized a vessel off the coast of Venezuela on Saturday, according to a US official familiar with the matter, as the Trump administration ramped up pressure on Caracas.
It was the second known instance of the US detaining a vessel near Venezuela this month and comes after Trump announced a "blockade" of sanctioned oil tankers going in and out of the country. The US seized a large oil tanker called the 'Skipper', which had been under sanctions for its ties to Iran, on 10 December.
While Trump's directive this week targeted sanctioned tankers, the vessel the US seized Saturday was not
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