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The incident marks the second time in recent weeks that the US has seized an oil tanker near Venezuela.<\/p>\n
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The United States has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela in international waters, according to officials quoted by international news agencies.<\/p>\n
The incident comes just days after US President Donald Trump announced a \u201cblockade\u201d of all sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela.<\/p>\n
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This also marks the second time in recent weeks that the US has seized a tanker near Venezuela and comes amid a large US military build-up in the region as President Donald Trump continues to ramp up pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.<\/p>\n
Three officials, who were speaking to the Reuters news agency on the condition of anonymity, did not say where the operation was taking place but added the Coast Guard was in the lead.<\/p>\n
Two officials, speaking to The Associated Press news agency, also confirmed the operations. The action was described as a \u201cconsented boarding\u201d, with the tanker stopping voluntarily and allowing US forces to board it, one official said.<\/p>\n
Al Jazeera\u2019s Heide Zhou-Castro said that there was no official confirmation from the US authorities on the operation.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are still waiting for confirmation from the White House and Pentagon on the details, including which ship, where it was located, and whether or not this ship was beneath the US sanctions,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
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