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2025-10-28 08:51 Last Updated At：09:00

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A flagrant foul is called on Los Angeles Lakers center Deandre Ayton, center, against Sacramento Kings guard Keon Ellis, left, during the second half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Sara Nevis)

Drag artist Angel Arum fits his wig for the Day of the Dead Catrina parade in Mexico City, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Claudia Rosel)

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a rally for New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)

Argentina's President Javier Milei celebrates after winning in legislative midterm elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Presidential guards walk on the ancient Acropolis hill after the lowering of the Greek flag, as the city of Athens is seen in the background, on Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Bodies of unidentified Palestinians returned from Israel are buried in a mass grave in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Relatives, colleagues and friends of two Ukrainian 43-year-old journalists Olena Hubanova, who worked under the pseudonym Alyona Gramova, and cameraman Yevhen Karmazin, who were killed on Thursday, Oct. 23, mourn over their coffins during a funeral service at St. Michael Monastery in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

President Donald Trump, center, joined by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, left, and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, right, speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One while traveling from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Tokyo, Japan, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani talks with Rita Bellevue as she waits at a bus stop in New York, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Members of Afghan Women United soccer team share a moment during a training session ahead of their first international tournament since fleeing their country, in Casablanca, Morocco, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

A Hindu devotee performs rituals at sunset on the banks of the Tawi River during Chhath Puja festival in Jammu, India, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Three cats dressed up in typical French outfits are positioned in the courtyard of Le Louvre museum Monday, Oct. 27, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

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A flagrant foul is called on Los Angeles Lakers center Deandre Ayton, center, against Sacramento Kings guard Keon Ellis, left, during the second half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Sara Nevis)

Drag artist Angel Arum fits his wig for the Day of the Dead Catrina parade in Mexico City, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Claudia Rosel)

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a rally for New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)

Argentina's President Javier Milei celebrates after winning in legislative midterm elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Presidential guards walk on the ancient Acropolis hill after the lowering of the Greek flag, as the city of Athens is seen in the background, on Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Bodies of unidentified Palestinians returned from Israel are buried in a mass grave in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Relatives, colleagues and friends of two Ukrainian 43-year-old journalists Olena Hubanova, who worked under the pseudonym Alyona Gramova, and cameraman Yevhen Karmazin, who were killed on Thursday, Oct. 23, mourn over their coffins during a funeral service at St. Michael Monastery in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

President Donald Trump, center, joined by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, left, and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, right, speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One while traveling from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Tokyo, Japan, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani talks with Rita Bellevue as she waits at a bus stop in New York, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Members of Afghan Women United soccer team share a moment during a training session ahead of their first international tournament since fleeing their country, in Casablanca, Morocco, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

A Hindu devotee performs rituals at sunset on the banks of the Tawi River during Chhath Puja festival in Jammu, India, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Three cats dressed up in typical French outfits are positioned in the courtyard of Le Louvre museum Monday, Oct. 27, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

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US seizes sixth sanctioned tanker it says has ties to Venezuela in Trump's effort to control its oil

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 Gallileo, 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 and the ship also has been known as the Gallileo, not the Galileo.

The top photos of the day by AP's photojournalists

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The top photos of the day by AP's photojournalists

A flagrant foul is called on Los Angeles Lakers center Deandre Ayton, center, against Sacramento Kings guard Keon Ellis, left, during the second half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Sara Nevis)

Drag artist Angel Arum fits his wig for the Day of the Dead Catrina parade in Mexico City, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Claudia Rosel)

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a rally for New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)

Argentina's President Javier Milei celebrates after winning in legislative midterm elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Presidential guards walk on the ancient Acropolis hill after the lowering of the Greek flag, as the city of Athens is seen in the background, on Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Bodies of unidentified Palestinians returned from Israel are buried in a mass grave in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

President Donald Trump, center, joined by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, left, and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, right, speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One while traveling from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Tokyo, Japan, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani talks with Rita Bellevue as she waits at a bus stop in New York, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Members of Afghan Women United soccer team share a moment during a training session ahead of their first international tournament since fleeing their country, in Casablanca, Morocco, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

A Hindu devotee performs rituals at sunset on the banks of the Tawi River during Chhath Puja festival in Jammu, India, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Three cats dressed up in typical French outfits are positioned in the courtyard of Le Louvre museum Monday, Oct. 27, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

A flagrant foul is called on Los Angeles Lakers center Deandre Ayton, center, against Sacramento Kings guard Keon Ellis, left, during the second half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Sara Nevis)

Drag artist Angel Arum fits his wig for the Day of the Dead Catrina parade in Mexico City, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Claudia Rosel)

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks during a rally for New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Heather Khalifa)

Argentina's President Javier Milei celebrates after winning in legislative midterm elections in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Presidential guards walk on the ancient Acropolis hill after the lowering of the Greek flag, as the city of Athens is seen in the background, on Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Bodies of unidentified Palestinians returned from Israel are buried in a mass grave in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

President Donald Trump, center, joined by Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, left, and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, right, speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One while traveling from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to Tokyo, Japan, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani talks with Rita Bellevue as she waits at a bus stop in New York, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Members of Afghan Women United soccer team share a moment during a training session ahead of their first international tournament since fleeing their country, in Casablanca, Morocco, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)

A Hindu devotee performs rituals at sunset on the banks of the Tawi River during Chhath Puja festival in Jammu, India, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Three cats dressed up in typical French outfits are positioned in the courtyard of Le Louvre museum Monday, Oct. 27, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

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