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US Military Seizes Tanker Sagitta in Caribbean Sea - Southern Command

The US military seized the Sagitta tanker in the Caribbean Sea, the US Southern Command said.
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"This morning, US military forces, in support of the Department of Homeland Security, apprehended Motor Vessel Sagitta without incident. The apprehension of another tanker operating in defiance of President Trump’s established quarantine of sanctioned vessels in the Caribbean demonstrates our resolve to ensure that the only oil leaving Venezuela will be oil that is coordinated properly and lawfully," the command said on X.
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