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2025-09-03 12:09 Last Updated At：12:11

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Residents work to stop flames from a burning home from spreading to a neighboring house as the 6-5 Fire burns through the Chinese Camp community of Tuolumne County, Calif., on Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Military personnel take part in a military parade to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Japan's World War II surrender held in front of Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

A worker walks through a building under construction in Georgetown, Guyana, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

A resident pulls a bull from floodwater up some stairs to a safer place in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025, after the banks of the Yamuna River were swollen by incessant rain from the higher regions. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro stands at the entrance of his home where he is under house arrest in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Luis Nova)

Exiled Tibetan children wait to perform a dance during an event to mark the 65th anniversary of the formation of the parliament-in-exile as Tibetan Democracy Day at the Tsuglakhang temple in Dharamshala, India, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)

Alice Mary Nasanga, who is about 70 and was banished by members of her family after she was accused of witchery, holds her disabled son, Ibrahim Kamya, 30, as she feeds him on the floor of the home they share in Nabalanga, Uganda, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Civil defense workers, locals, and army soldiers clear rubble as they search for survivors after a powerful 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing many people and destroying villages, in Mazar Dara, Kunar province, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025.(AP Photo/Hedayat Shah)

People rest in a metro station, being used as a bomb shelter, during a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Dan Bashakov)

Leandro Riedi, of Switzerland, serves against Alex de Minaur, of Australia, during the fourth round of the US Open tennis championships, Monday, Sept. 1, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)

Baltimore Orioles' Jeremiah Jackson slides in to home, scoring off an RBI single by Dylan Beavers during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres Monday, Sept. 1, 2025, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, center, marches with demonstrators protesting against President Donald Trump's use of federal law enforcement and National Guard troops in Washington during a protest at the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Displaced Palestinians fleeing northern Gaza Strip move with their belongings along the Sea Road, in Gaza City, Monday, Sept. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Gift Amumpeire, left, a field assistant with Reach One Touch One Ministries, dances with members of the elderly community at their biweekly fellowship gathering at a church, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024, in Rwamucucu, Western Region of Uganda. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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Residents work to stop flames from a burning home from spreading to a neighboring house as the 6-5 Fire burns through the Chinese Camp community of Tuolumne County, Calif., on Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Military personnel take part in a military parade to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Japan's World War II surrender held in front of Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

A worker walks through a building under construction in Georgetown, Guyana, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

A resident pulls a bull from floodwater up some stairs to a safer place in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025, after the banks of the Yamuna River were swollen by incessant rain from the higher regions. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro stands at the entrance of his home where he is under house arrest in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Luis Nova)

Exiled Tibetan children wait to perform a dance during an event to mark the 65th anniversary of the formation of the parliament-in-exile as Tibetan Democracy Day at the Tsuglakhang temple in Dharamshala, India, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)

Alice Mary Nasanga, who is about 70 and was banished by members of her family after she was accused of witchery, holds her disabled son, Ibrahim Kamya, 30, as she feeds him on the floor of the home they share in Nabalanga, Uganda, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Civil defense workers, locals, and army soldiers clear rubble as they search for survivors after a powerful 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, killing many people and destroying villages, in Mazar Dara, Kunar province, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025.(AP Photo/Hedayat Shah)

People rest in a metro station, being used as a bomb shelter, during a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Dan Bashakov)

Leandro Riedi, of Switzerland, serves against Alex de Minaur, of Australia, during the fourth round of the US Open tennis championships, Monday, Sept. 1, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)

Baltimore Orioles' Jeremiah Jackson slides in to home, scoring off an RBI single by Dylan Beavers during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres Monday, Sept. 1, 2025, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, center, marches with demonstrators protesting against President Donald Trump's use of federal law enforcement and National Guard troops in Washington during a protest at the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Displaced Palestinians fleeing northern Gaza Strip move with their belongings along the Sea Road, in Gaza City, Monday, Sept. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Gift Amumpeire, left, a field assistant with Reach One Touch One Ministries, dances with members of the elderly community at their biweekly fellowship gathering at a church, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024, in Rwamucucu, Western Region of Uganda. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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US seizes another sanctioned oil tanker it says has ties to Venezuela

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. forces in the Caribbean Sea have seized another sanctioned oil tanker that the Trump administration says has ties to Venezuela, part of a broader U.S. effort to take control of the South American country’s oil.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem wrote on social media that the U.S. Coast Guard had boarded the Motor Tanker Veronica early Thursday. She said the ship had previously passed through Venezuelan waters and was operating in defiance of President Donald Trump’s "established quarantine of sanctioned vessels in the Caribbean.”

U.S. Southern Command said Marines and sailors launched from the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford to take part in the operation alongside a Coast Guard tactical team, which Noem said conducted the boarding as in previous raids. The military said the ship was seized “without incident.”

Noem posted a brief video that appeared to show part of the ship’s capture. The black-and-white footage showed helicopters hovering over the deck of a merchant vessel while armed troops dropped down on the deck by rope.

The Veronica is the sixth sanctioned tanker seized by U.S. forces as part of the effort by Trump’s administration to control the production, refining and global distribution of Venezuela’s oil products and the fourth since the U.S. ouster of Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro in a surprise nighttime raid almost two weeks ago.

The Veronica last transmitted its location on Jan. 3 as being at anchor off the coast of Aruba, just north of Venezuela’s main oil terminal. According to the data it transmitted at the time, it was partially filled with crude.

The ship is currently listed as flying the flag of Guyana and is considered part of the shadow fleet that moves cargoes of oil in violation of U.S. sanctions.

According to its registration data, the ship also has been known as the Galileo, owned and managed by a company in Russia. In addition, a tanker with the same registration number previously sailed under the name Pegas and was sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department for moving cargoes of illicit Russian oil.

As with prior posts about such raids, Noem and the military framed the seizure as part of an effort to enforce the law. Noem argued that the multiple captures show that “there is no outrunning or escaping American justice.”

However, other officials in Trump's Republican administration have made clear that they see the actions as a way to generate cash as they seek to rebuild Venezuela’s battered oil industry and restore its economy.

Trump met with executives from oil companies last week to discuss his goal of investing $100 billion in Venezuela to repair and upgrade its oil production and distribution. His administration has said it expects to sell at least 30 million to 50 million barrels of sanctioned Venezuelan oil.

This story has been corrected to show the Veronica is the fourth, not the third, tanker seized by U.S. forces since Maduro's capture.

The top photos of the day by AP's photojournalists

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The top photos of the day by AP's photojournalists

Residents work to stop flames from a burning home from spreading to a neighboring house as the 6-5 Fire burns through the Chinese Camp community of Tuolumne County, Calif., on Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Military personnel take part in a military parade to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Japan's World War II surrender held in front of Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

A worker walks through a building under construction in Georgetown, Guyana, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

A resident pulls a bull from floodwater up some stairs to a safer place in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025, after the banks of the Yamuna River were swollen by incessant rain from the higher regions. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro stands at the entrance of his home where he is under house arrest in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Luis Nova)

Exiled Tibetan children wait to perform a dance during an event to mark the 65th anniversary of the formation of the parliament-in-exile as Tibetan Democracy Day at the Tsuglakhang temple in Dharamshala, India, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)

Alice Mary Nasanga, who is about 70 and was banished by members of her family after she was accused of witchery, holds her disabled son, Ibrahim Kamya, 30, as she feeds him on the floor of the home they share in Nabalanga, Uganda, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

People rest in a metro station, being used as a bomb shelter, during a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Dan Bashakov)

Leandro Riedi, of Switzerland, serves against Alex de Minaur, of Australia, during the fourth round of the US Open tennis championships, Monday, Sept. 1, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)

Baltimore Orioles' Jeremiah Jackson slides in to home, scoring off an RBI single by Dylan Beavers during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres Monday, Sept. 1, 2025, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, center, marches with demonstrators protesting against President Donald Trump's use of federal law enforcement and National Guard troops in Washington during a protest at the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Displaced Palestinians fleeing northern Gaza Strip move with their belongings along the Sea Road, in Gaza City, Monday, Sept. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Gift Amumpeire, left, a field assistant with Reach One Touch One Ministries, dances with members of the elderly community at their biweekly fellowship gathering at a church, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024, in Rwamucucu, Western Region of Uganda. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Residents work to stop flames from a burning home from spreading to a neighboring house as the 6-5 Fire burns through the Chinese Camp community of Tuolumne County, Calif., on Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Military personnel take part in a military parade to commemorate the 80th anniversary of Japan's World War II surrender held in front of Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

A worker walks through a building under construction in Georgetown, Guyana, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

A resident pulls a bull from floodwater up some stairs to a safer place in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025, after the banks of the Yamuna River were swollen by incessant rain from the higher regions. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro stands at the entrance of his home where he is under house arrest in Brasilia, Brazil, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Luis Nova)

Exiled Tibetan children wait to perform a dance during an event to mark the 65th anniversary of the formation of the parliament-in-exile as Tibetan Democracy Day at the Tsuglakhang temple in Dharamshala, India, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)

Alice Mary Nasanga, who is about 70 and was banished by members of her family after she was accused of witchery, holds her disabled son, Ibrahim Kamya, 30, as she feeds him on the floor of the home they share in Nabalanga, Uganda, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

People rest in a metro station, being used as a bomb shelter, during a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Dan Bashakov)

Leandro Riedi, of Switzerland, serves against Alex de Minaur, of Australia, during the fourth round of the US Open tennis championships, Monday, Sept. 1, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)

Baltimore Orioles' Jeremiah Jackson slides in to home, scoring off an RBI single by Dylan Beavers during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres Monday, Sept. 1, 2025, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, center, marches with demonstrators protesting against President Donald Trump's use of federal law enforcement and National Guard troops in Washington during a protest at the U.S. Capitol, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Displaced Palestinians fleeing northern Gaza Strip move with their belongings along the Sea Road, in Gaza City, Monday, Sept. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Gift Amumpeire, left, a field assistant with Reach One Touch One Ministries, dances with members of the elderly community at their biweekly fellowship gathering at a church, Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2024, in Rwamucucu, Western Region of Uganda. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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