Venezuela accuses US of 'piracy' after seizing massive oil tanker
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Venezuela condemns U.S. seizure of sanctioned oil tanker off its coast as "international piracy" after President Donald Trump announced the operation.
Ashley Carnahan is a writer at Fox News Digital.
The statement, published by Correo del Orinoco, a state-run news outlet that regularly carries Venezuela’s official government announcements, framed the seizure as part of a broader campaign against the country’s sovereignty and natural resources.
Attorney General Pam Bondi said a joint operation with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Homeland Security Investigations and the United States Coast Guard, with support from the Department of War, executed a seizure warrant for a crude oil tanker that was allegedly being used to transport sanctioned oil from Venezuela and Iran.
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