Jan. 15 (UPI) -- U.S. Southern Command forces seized a sixth sanctioned oil tanker during the predawn hours Thursday morning as part of Operation Southern Spear.
The seized vessel is named the Veronica and is the largest tanker among those sanctioned by the Trump administration and involved in transporting sanctioned Venezuelan oil, according to Southern Command.
"Marines and sailors from Joint Task Force Southern Spear, in support of the Department of Homeland Security, launched from [the aircraft carrier] USS Gerald R. Ford and apprehended Motor/Tanker Veronica without incident," U.S. Southern Command said in a social media post.
"The Veronica is the largest tanker operating in defiance of President [Donald] Trump's established quarantine of sanctioned vessels in the Caribbean," Southern Command continued. "The only oil leaving Venezuela will be oil that is coordinated properly and lawfully."
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