The U.S. seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela on Saturday, a move Caracas denounced as βtheft and kidnapping,β as Washington intensified its pressure campaign, U.S. officials said.
It was the second time in two weeks that U.S. forces had interdicted a tanker in the region and came days after President Donald Trump announced a blockade of "sanctioned oil vessels" heading to and leaving Venezuela.
"In a pre-dawn action early this morning on Dec. 20, the U.S. Coast Guard, with the support of the Department of War, apprehended an oil tanker that was last docked in Venezuela," U.S.
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