Indian Ocean, oil tanker
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The U.S. military says it's boarded another sanctioned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean. The Pentagon said in a statement Sunday that U.S. forces boarded the Veronica III after tracking it from the Caribbean Sea.
US military forces boarded the second sanctioned Venezuelan oil tanker, Veronica III, in the Indian Ocean. This operation intensifies efforts to enforce sanctions and disrupt illicit Venezuelan oil exports.
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. military forces boarded a third sanctioned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean after tracking it from the Caribbean Sea in an effort to target illicit oil connected to Venezuela, the Pentagon said Tuesday.
The U.S. military says it has boarded a sanctioned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Monday that the U.S. tracked the vessel from the Caribbean Sea as part of an oil quarantine meant to squeeze Venezuela.