Capture of tanker after Quarantine Violation

Hegseth announces capture of tanker after quarantine violation

I am not sure what it will take for it to sink in that the United States is not playing games when it comes to the quarantine around Venezuela.

After Trump issued the quarantine, several ships were seized, but the issue has been raised again. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has announced that yet another tanker has been boarded and seized.

In mid-December, Trump announced there would be a "complete blockade of all sanctioned oil tankers going into and out of Venezuela.”

Trump also started to move more military assets into the area to enforce the quarantine on Venezuelan oil.

Most would consider a blockade to be an act of war, but Marine Corps Col. Steve Ganyard, a former State Department official, said this was a quarantine, not a blockade, and it was perfectly legal in international waters.

Whatever jargon you want to use, it was clear that any tankers that violated this order would be seized and taken by the United States. “Overnight, U.S. military forces conducted a right-of-visit, maritime interdiction and boarding on the Aquila II without incident in the INDOPACOM area of responsibility."

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