U.S. Military Seizes Seventh Venezuela-Linked Oil Tanker in Caribbean Operation

U.S. military forces seized the Motor Vessel Sagitta, a Liberian-flagged tanker linked to Venezuela, marking the seventh such interception under President Donald Trump's campaign to control Venezuelan oil exports. The tanker, sanctioned under a U.S. Treasury order related to Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, was apprehended without incident in the Caribbean for violating an established quarantine on sanctioned vessels. The operation is part of a broader U.S. effort to regulate Venezuela's oil production and distribution following the removal of President Nicolas Maduro.