U.S. Southern Command detailed that the oil tanker was operating 'defying the quarantine' that Trump imposed on sanctioned tankers entering or leaving Venezuela. This would be the seventh operation since the Administration began confiscations and blockades of sanctioned vessels in the Caribbean, which started as a measure of pressure against the government of Venezuela's ousted president, Nicolás Maduro. On Tuesday, U.S. Southern Command seized a new sanctioned tanker transiting near Venezuela in the Caribbean, amid the quarantine established by President Donald Trump's administration for these vessels. The operation was carried out in the morning, and the armed forces detailed that the seizure occurred without incident. Following the capture of Maduro, Trump asserts that Washington maintains a guardianship over the Venezuelan government and has announced agreements to receive millions of barrels of crude oil from that country. The vessel, detained under the 'Southern Spear' operation, was identified as the Sagitta and, according to various maritime traffic monitors, previously sailed under the flags of Panama and Liberia.
U.S. Seizes Another Sanctioned Tanker Off Venezuelan Coast
On Tuesday, U.S. Southern Command seized a new sanctioned tanker near Venezuela in the Caribbean. This is the seventh operation under the quarantine imposed by the Trump administration for such vessels. The operation took place without incident.
