US forces seize seventh sanctioned tanker linked to Venezuela

U.S. military forces boarded and took control of a seventh oil tanker connected with Venezuela on Tuesday as part of the Trump administration’s broader efforts to take control of the South American country’s oil. U.S.

Southern Command said in a social media post that U.S. forces apprehended the Motor Vessel Sagitta “without incident” and that the tanker was operating in defiance of President Donald Trump’s “established quarantine of sanctioned vessels in the Caribbean.” The military command did not say whether the U.S. Coast Guard took control of the tanker as has been the case in prior seizures .

The Pentagon did not immediately respond to a request for more details. Southern Command said it had nothing to add to its post. The Sagitta is a Liberian-flagged tanker and its registration says