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The United States has intercepted another ship off the coast of Venezuela second such operation This weekend, according to reports.
This step comes after President donald trump Announced a “blockade” of all sanctioned oil tankers Entering and leaving Venezuela.
The officials, who spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity, did not say which ship was stopped on Sunday and did not give a specific location for the operation.
bloomberg The report said US forces boarded a US-sanctioned Panama-flagged oil tanker that was en route to Venezuela to load.
Trump said Tuesday that he was “ordering a complete blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers going in and out of Venezuela.”
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem issued the warning on Saturday after the Coast Guard seized an oil tanker that was not on the US sanctions list.
White House spokeswoman Anna Kelly said the tanker was carrying PDVSA approved oil.
“The United States will continue to block the illicit transportation of sanctioned oil that is used to fund narco-terrorism in the region,” Noem wrote in a statement posted on social media. “We will find you, and we will stop you.”
An embargo has been in effect since US forces seized a sanctioned oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela last week, forcing ships carrying millions of barrels of oil to remain in Venezuelan waters rather than risk seizure.