January 2026: TRUMP PRESIDENCY U.S. seizes Russian-flagged oil tanker after it evaded Venezuela blockade

U.S. seizes Russian-flagged oil tanker after it evaded Venezuela blockade
"U.S. authorities had seized the tanker formerly known as Bella 1 in

the North Atlantic over sanctions violations after a weeks-long pursuit, the U.S. military announced on Jan. 7.
The announcement follows reporting that U.S. forces boarded the empty oil tanker, which was renamed Marinera and adopted a Russian flag after evading a U.S. blockade near Venezuela in December.
The move was part of what U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem called a "back-to-back meticulously coordinated boarding of two 'ghost fleet' tanker ships," with another Venezuela-linked ship captured in the Caribbean." 

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