Dec. 10 (UPI) -- The U.S. military seized a large oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela amid ongoing tensions between President Donald Trump and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
The tanker was among those sanctioned earlier by the Trump administration, Bloomberg reported.
The tanker was seized during a "judicial enforcement action on a stateless vessel" that had docked in Venezuela, an unnamed Trump administration official said, as reported by Bloomberg.
Trump confirmed the tanker's seizure at the start of a 2 p.m. EST roundtable at the White House.
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