The US captures a new oil tanker in the Indian Ocean

“The Aquila II was operating in defiance of the quarantine established by President (Donald) Trump for sanctioned vessels in the Caribbean. “He fled, and we followed him.”explained Pete Hegseth, US Secretary of Defense.

According to information spread on social networks, The tracking of the vessel was carried out from the Caribbean Sea to the Indian Ocean.

The US government reported that the crude oil that Venezuela had agreed to transfer to Washington for marketing includes “sanctioned” oil and “on board ships,” and added that the Venezuelan government in charge “has agreed to release” these hydrocarbons.

Caroline Leavitt, White House spokesperson assured: “The interim authorities have agreed to release this oil to the United States, so it will reach our country very soon,” who also explained that Washington has already begun marketing Venezuelan crude oil on the global market.

This is the eighth oil tanker seized by the United States, since the Administration began the seizures and blockade of sanctioned ships in the Caribbean, something that began as a form of pressure on the government of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela, with a policy that has continued after his capture.

own Donald Trump In turn, he signed an executive order to punish countries that send crude oil to Cuba with tariffs, a pressure mechanism that is economically suffocating the island.

The objective declared by Washington is to prevent Venezuelan oil from being sold outside the channels authorized by the White House and to cut off income to countries considered allies of Russia, Iran or Cuba itself.