{"id":408923,"date":"2026-01-15T14:38:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T14:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/408923\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T14:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T14:38:08","slug":"us-seizes-another-venezuela-linked-tanker-ahead-of-trump-machado-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/408923\/","title":{"rendered":"US seizes another Venezuela-linked tanker ahead of Trump-Machado meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"

The United States has seized another Venezuela-linked \u200ctanker, US officials told Reuters on Thursday, ahead of a meeting between US President Donald Trump and Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado.<\/p>\n

The seizure marks the sixth vessel targeted in recent weeks that was either carrying Venezuelan oil or had done so in the past. The officials, speaking \u2060on the condition of anonymity, said the seizure took place in the Caribbean.<\/p>\n

The US military\u2019s Southern Command confirmed the predawn operation, saying US forces apprehended Motor\/Tanker Veronica \u201cwithout incident\u201d. It said the Veronica was \u201coperating in defiance of President Trump\u2019s established quarantine of sanctioned vessels in the Caribbean\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe \u200donly oil leaving Venezuela will be oil that is coordinated properly and lawfully,\u201d Southern Command \u200dsaid in a statement.<\/p>\n

The seizures began as part of Trump\u2019s campaign to force Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro out of power, which culminated in US \u200cforces swooping into the country to grab him and his wife on January 3.<\/p>\n

Since then, Trump \u200dhas said the United States plans to control Venezuela\u2019s oil resources indefinitely as it seeks to rebuild the country\u2019s dilapidated oil industry.<\/p>\n

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US seizes oil tanker off Venezuela<\/p>\n

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