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Second Venezuelan oil tanker seized by US military in blockade enforcement

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A US Coast Guard Maritime Particular Response Group (MSRT), assisted by the US Navy, seized a second oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela on Saturday, a US official confirmed to Fox Information.

The operation concerned a U.S. Coast Guard Maritime Particular Response Group assisted by the U.S. Navy, marking the most recent enforcement motion associated to President Donald Trump’s introduced blockade of oil tankers authorised.

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A crude oil tanker waits its flip to be loaded with crude oil at Lake Maracaibo in Maracaibo, Zulia state, Venezuela, on Could 9. (Federico Parra/AFP/Getty Photos)

The seizure comes days after President Donald Trump on Tuesday introduced a “whole and full blockade” of sanctioned oil tankers getting into and leaving Venezuela.

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The Pentagon referred Fox Information Digital to the White Home, which didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.

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