US forces intercepted a sixth oil tanker in an early morning operation on Thursday, according to US Southern Command.
The tanker was seized as part of a quarantine of sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela.
“In another pre-dawn action, Marines and sailors from Joint Task Force Southern Spear, in support of the Department of Homeland Security, launched the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) and intercepted the Motor/Tanker Veronica without incident,” US Southern Command said in a statement. publish in X.
“The Veronica is the latest ship to act against President Trump’s quarantine of sanctioned vessels in the Caribbean, once again proving the effectiveness of Operation Southern Spear,” he said.
“The only oil that will leave Venezuela will be properly and legally coordinated oil,” he added.
Newsmax and Reuters They were the first to report the seizure, which President Trump is poised to do get together María Corina Machado with Venezuela’s opposition leader Thursday at the White House.