US seizes oil tanker off Venezuela

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Bondi says US-seized tanker was transporting sanctioned oil from Venezuela and Iran
The oil tanker seized by the United States off the coast of Venezuela on Wednesday was transporting sanctioned oil as part of “an illicit oil shipping network,” Attorney General Pam Bondi announced. President Donald Trump announced the operation earlier Wednesday afternoon and told reporters that the tanker “was seized for very good reason.

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Bondi posts video of US seizure of Venezuelan oil tanker
Venezuela Accuses Trump Administration of ‘Piracy’ After Oil Tanker Seizure
US bringing seized tanker to port, as Venezuela war threats build
An oil tanker seized by American forces off the Venezuelan coast will be brought to a port in the United States, the White House said Thursday, as fears mount of open conflict between the two countrie...

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Democratic, veteran lawmaker reacts to US seizure of tanker off the coast of Venezuela
US troops seize oil tanker off coast of Venezuela, Donald Trump releases dramatic video
US seizes oil tanker off Venezuelan coast
Attorney General Pam Bondi later posted a video on X showing armed personnel rappelling on to the ship from a helicopter, then moving on deck with long guns drawn.

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Tanker seized off Venezuela to be brought to US port, White House says

Bondi shares heart-pounding footage of US seizing Venezuelan oil tanker in rare action last seen in 2014

The U.S. military seized an Venezuelan oil tanker in a rare operation targeting sanctions violations. Armed agents rappelled from helicopters in the dramatic takedown.

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Trump said that “other things are happening” in addition to the U.S. military’s seizure of a Venezuelan oil tanker
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