Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro said this Sunday (21) that “privateers attacked oil tankers” after the United States intercepted a third ship off the country’s coast.
Without mentioning the United States, the Venezuelan stated that Caracas is facing a “campaign of aggression”.
“For 25 weeks, Venezuela denounced, faced and defeated a campaign of aggression that ranges from psychological terrorism to privateers who attacked oil tankers. We are prepared to accelerate the march of the Deep Revolution,” said the Chavista in a post on social media.
Two American officials told Reuters this Sunday (21) that, in international waters. The operation was the second of its kind carried out over the weekend.
The authorities, who spoke on condition of anonymity, did not say which vessel was intercepted nor did they provide the specific location of the operation.
United States authorities boarded and .
The interception was confirmed by U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem in a post on X. “The United States will continue to pursue the illicit movement of sanctioned oil that is used to finance narcoterrorism in the region,” Noem wrote.
which was the target of sanctions for its links with Iran, on December 10.
After the first seizure, the President of the United States, Donald Trump, ordered the blockade of people entering and leaving Venezuela.
