The move comes days after President Donald Trump said that he was ordering a blockade of sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela.

Move follows Trump’s declaration of blockade on sanctioned Venezuelan oil; seizures may affect oil prices, analysts say

The US considered the pursued vessel to be part of "Venezuela's illegal sanctions evasion," according to media reports. A US official reportedly said the vessel was flying a false flag.

The U.S. Coast Guard is pursuing another sanctioned oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea as the Trump administration appears to be intensifying its targeting of vessels connected to Venezuelan government.

The U.S. Coast Guard is pursuing an oil tanker in international waters near Venezuela, officials told Reuters on Sunday, in what would ‌be the second such operation this weekend and the third in less than two weeks if successful. "The United States Coast Guard is in active pursuit of a…

The pursuit follows US President Donald Trump’s announcement last week of a “blockade” on all sanctioned oil tankers entering or leaving Venezuela.

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