The US last week seized a Venezuelan oil tanker in a move described by Nicolas Maduro’s government as an ‘act of international piracy’

The moves comes after U.S. forces last week seized an oil tanker off Venezuela’s coast, an unusual move that followed a buildup of military forces in the region.

It comes a week after the US seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela and as the Trump administration increases pressure on the country's government.

The order comes a week after the US military seized an oil tanker off Venezuela's coast.

The moves comes after U.S. forces last week seized an oil tanker off Venezuela’s coast, an unusual move that followed a buildup of military forces in the region.

The White House and Pentagon has placed hundreds of American troops and ships near Venezuela’s coastline

Move against all sanctioned vessels comes amid escalating campaign against authoritarian leader Nicolás Maduro

“Venezuela is completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled in the History of South America,” Trump said in a social media post.

A tanker seized by the US is believed to be part of a "ghost fleet" used by Venezuela to evade oil sanctions.

Trump has ordered a ‘total and complete’ blockade of sanctioned oil tankers to and from the country

The US last week seized a Venezuelan oil tanker in a move described by Nicolas Maduro’s government as an ‘act of international piracy’

President Donald Trump on Tuesday ordered "a total and complete blockade" of all sanctioned oil tankers going to or from Venezuela.

The US has amassed a huge military force near the country and announced a ‘blockade’ on sanctioned vessels

HOUSTON: A tanker subject to U.S. sanctions carrying some 300,000 barrels of naphtha from Russia entered Venezuelan waters late on Thursday, while another began redirecting…