Members of the U.S. Coast Guard, on Dec. 20, intercepted an oil tanker that last docked in Venezuela, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced.
“In a pre-dawn action early this morning on Dec. 20, the U.S. Coast Guard with the support of the Department of War apprehended an oil tanker that was last docked in Venezuela,” Noem said in a post on X on Saturday afternoon.
“The United States will continue to pursue the illicit movement of sanctioned oil that is used to fund narco terrorism in the region. We will find you, and we will stop you.”
In her social media post, Noem shared a compilation of footage showing a military helicopter approaching and hovering over the deck of the tanker, with at least one individual lowering from a rope onto the vessel….