US Forces Seize 7th Sanctioned Oil Tanker in Caribbean

Military forces seized Motor Vessel Sagitta without incident.
US Forces Seize 7th Sanctioned Oil Tanker in Caribbean
The U.S. Navy's Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group, in this file photo. Tajh Payne/US Navy via Getty Images
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U.S. military forces in the Caribbean seized control of another oil tanker linked to Venezuela as the Trump administration continues efforts to coordinate traffic through the region, the U.S. Southern Command reported on Tuesday.

The Motor Vessel Sagitta was apprehended without incident and was the seventh vessel seized by the United States as part of Homeland Security operations in the Caribbean Sea.

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