US Army seizes one other oil tanker within the Caribbean | EUROtoday

As of: January 21, 2026 3:03 a.m

The US army has as soon as once more taken management of a tanker within the Caribbean. The purpose for this was a violation of the US oil blockade towards Venezuela. It is the seventh ship the United States has acquired within the area.

The USA has captured one other oil tanker within the Caribbean. The motor ship “Sagitta” defied the blockade of sanctioned tankers imposed by US President Donald Trump, the US army’s Southern Command (Southcom), which is accountable for the area, introduced on the X platform.

The US is decided to make sure that solely correctly and legally coordinated oil leaves the South American nation of Venezuela, it mentioned. According to Southcom, the operation as soon as once more went “without incident.”

Seventh ship taken over

It is the seventh ship that US items have taken over within the area. Trump had beforehand introduced that he would impose a “complete and complete blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers traveling to and from Venezuela.”

At the start of January, the US army arrested ruler Nicolás Maduro in an operation in Caracas. The president and his spouse Cilia Flores had been dropped at New York. There they are going to be tried for drug offenses.