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The United States seized the oil tanker Olena after itdeparted from Venezuela, as US forces operating from the aircraft carrier USSGerald R. Ford took control of the vessel in the Caribbean, American media outletsreported on Friday.
Citing US officials, CNN indicated that the operationproceeded smoothly and encountered no resistance during the takeover.
According to vessel-tracking website MarineTraffic, theOlena was flying the flag of East Timor.
The move followed the detention of a Russian-linked oiltanker, Marinera, in the North Atlantic two days earlier, part of broader USmeasures targeting vessels linked to Venezuela’s oil trade.
Last month, US forces intercepted three oil tankers offVenezuela’s coast. Those actions culminated last week in a brief operation inwhich the US military abducted Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
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