U.S. forces have seized another oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea, the Motor Tanker Veronica, which the Trump administration claims has ties to Venezuela. This action forms part of a broader U.S. effort to assert control over the South American nation’s oil resources.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced on social media on Thursday that the Veronica "had previously passed through Venezuelan waters, and was operating in defiance of President Trump’s established quarantine of sanctioned vessels in the Caribbean."
