U.S. Coast Guard Short on Forces to Execute Venezuela Tanker Seizure, Sources Say

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This pursuit is part of a Trump administration push to intercept sanctioned oil tankers near Venezuela’s coast, including previous seizures of other vessels suspected of sanctions evasion.

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