The U.S. Coast Guard stopped and boarded a Panamanian-flagged tanker carrying Venezuelan oil late Friday or early Saturday, according to a U.S. official and two people inside Venezuela’s oil industry.

U.S. forces on Saturday stopped an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela for the second time in less than two weeks as President Donald Trump continues to ramp up pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

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The U.S. Coast Guard led another seizure of an oil tanker in international waters near Venezuela on Saturday amid a blockade of Venezuela.

The United States is interdicting and seizing a vessel off the coast of Venezuela in international waters, U.S. officials said.

A U.S. official confirms to Fox News that the Coast Guard, assisted by the Navy seized a second oil tanker near Venezuela on Saturday in accordance with President Donald Trump's blockade.

The move comes after US President Donald Trump ordered a "blockade" of sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela.

US Coast Guard with the support of the Department of War apprehended an oil tanker that was last docked in Venezuela. The United States will continue to pursue the illicit movement of sanctioned oil that is used to fund narco terrorism in the region,