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US unseals warrant behind oil tanker seizure near Venezuela

A newly unsealed warrant shows the U.S. Coast Guard seized the M/T Skipper, a crude oil tanker intercepted off Venezuela, just before the warrant was set to expire on Wednesday. Why it matters: The move comes as the Trump administration layers on new U.

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Why is Trump threatening Venezuela? What to know after tanker seized.

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U.S. intends to seize oil from tanker captured near Venezuela, White House says

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Ominous fleet of Iranian-linked tankers off US coast spark alarm about Trump's widening war with Venezuela

A menacing 'shadow fleet' of tanker ships is operating in the Caribbean.

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A Seized Oil Tanker and the Big Business of Dark Fleet Smuggling

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Mapping escalating US pressure on Venezuela

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‘Blatant theft’ or justified strike? Venezuela accuses US of piracy after tanker seizure

Washington took control of the tanker in a dramatic raid that saw US forces rope down from a helicopter onto the vessel in an operation that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said was aimed at l...

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US issues fresh sanctions targeting Maduro's family, Venezuela-linked oil tankers

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December 11, 2025 - Machado calls Trump’s actions ‘decisive’ after US seizes oil tanker

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Noem says Coast Guard-led tanker seizure near Venezuela was ordered by Trump to combat drug trafficking

Venezuela’s foreign affairs minister denounced the seizure, calling it a “blatant theft” and “an act of international piracy.”

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US seized tanker near Venezuela just as warrant was set to expire, court document shows

The U.S. government carried out its seizure of the M/T Skipper off the coast of Venezuela on Wednesday just as a judge-signed warrant was set to expire, according to the document which was unsealed on Friday.

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Trump says the U.S. has seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela

Using U.S. forces to take control of a merchant ship is unusual and marks the Trump administration's latest push to increase pressure on Maduro, who has been charged with narcoterrorism.