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U.S. Seizes Sanctioned Oil Tanker Off Venezuela in Coast Guard Operation

U.S. officials describe a court-ordered Coast Guard boarding of a previously blacklisted ship to enforce sanctions.

Las tropas de Estados Unidos abordaron un petrolero en aguas cercanas a Venezuela, según Washington. (AFP).
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Overview

  • The vessel was identified in reporting as the Skipper, a tanker previously sanctioned over illicit Iran-linked shipments, now loaded with Venezuelan crude.
  • Attorney General Pam Bondi said the FBI, Homeland Security Investigations and the Coast Guard executed a U.S. seizure warrant with Pentagon support.
  • Two U.S. officials said the operation was deliberately planned, the crew did not resist and no casualties were reported.
  • PDVSA documents cited by reporters indicate the ship departed around December 2 with about 2 million barrels of heavy crude, roughly half owned by a Cuban state oil importer.
  • Venezuela denounced the confiscation as theft and piracy and vowed international complaints, while President Trump said he assumes the U.S. will keep the oil.