US seizes oil tanker off coast of Venezuela
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- #US sanctions
- #oil tanker seizure
- #Venezuela
- US seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela.
- The tanker was under US sanctions and bound for Cuba.
- The cargo was owned by a businessman linked to Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
- US has been building up military forces around Venezuela to pressure Maduro's removal.
- US military launched 22 strikes in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific, killing at least 87 people.
- Maduro and top Venezuelan officials were indicted on drug trafficking and corruption charges in 2020.
- US declared Cartel de los Soles a foreign terrorist organization, leading to heavy sanctions.