Feb. 15 (UPI) -- The U.S. military intercepted an oil tanker overnight that was linked to Venezuela after tracking it from the Caribbean into the Indian Ocean.
The tanker, the Veronica III, was boarded without incident late Saturday night in the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command area of responsibility after it attempted to outrun the Trump administration's naval blockade in the Caribbean, the Department of Defense announced early Sunday.
The United States has now intercepted or seized nine oil tankers associated with Venezuela since Dec. 10 when the administration started enforcing a blockade on oil tankers leaving the South American nation to pressure it's president, Nicolas Maduro, to leave power.
After the U.S. military captured Maduro in a clandestine early morning mission in January, several tankers scattered from the country, according to reports.
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