The U.S. military has seized the oil tanker Motor Vessel Sagitta in the Caribbean Sea, marking the seventh sanctioned tanker captured in recent weeks under a U.S. maritime enforcement campaign targeting illicit oil shipments linked to Venezuela.
The action underscores an aggressive U.S. push to enforce sanctions and curb unauthorized exports of Venezuelan oil, a strategy that has been intensified as part of broader geopolitical and economic goals.
Seizing multiple tankers demonstrates Washington’s determination to ensure that only oil shipments coordinated lawfully under U.S. rules can leave Venezuelan waters, according to U.S. Southern Command statements.