U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has officially announced and published footage from today’s seizure of a sanctioned oil tanker in the Southern Caribbean off the coast of Venezuela, reportedly carried out by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Homeland Security Investigations, and the U.S. Coast Guard, with support from the Department of Defense. Bondi states that the tanker, for multiple years, had been sanctioned by the United States for its “involvement in an illicit oil shipping network supporting foreign terrorist organizations,” while transported oil between Iran and Venezuela.
In a rare nighttime mission over the Southern Caribbean, a U.S. Air Force B-52H “Stratofortress” Long-Range Strategic Bomber with the 5th Bomb Wing from Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, briefly appeared earlier tonight circling off the coast of Venezuela.
U.S. President Donald J. Trump stated that Colombian President Gustavo Petro, who was democratically elected by the people in 2022 and is set to serve until 2026, will “be next” after Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro