The US has seized a sixth tanker in the Caribbean Sea in its ongoing efforts to control exports of Venezuelan oil, officials say.
The vessel, Veronica, was boarded in a predawn operation "without incident" as it was defying President Donald Trump's "quarantine of sanctioned vessels", said the US military.
"The only oil leaving Venezuela will be oil that is coordinated properly and lawfully," the Southern Command said.
Since the US military strikes on Venezuela and seizure of its president Nicolás Maduro this month, Trump has said he plans to tap into the country's huge oil reserves. A US official said on Wednesday the US had completed its first sale of Venezuelan oil, valued at $500m (£373m).
Thursday's tanker seizure suggests the Trump administration's crackdown on the so-called dark fleet, comprising more than 1,000 vessels that transport sanctioned oil, will continue as the US works with Venezuela's interim government to control the country's oil sales.
