U.S. Realizes It Can Seize Boats After All

Venezuelan flagged oil-chemical tanker Filippa waits its turn to be loaded with crude oil at Lake Maracaibo in Maracaibo, Zulia State, Venezuela on May 9, 2025. A line of ships waited their turn to load oil on Lake Maracaibo on May 9 ,2025, two weeks before the US oil company Chevron shuts down operations in Venezuela due to US sanctions. (Photo by Federico PARRA / AFP) (Photo by FEDERICO PARRA/AFP via Getty Images)

After months of extrajudicial killings in the waters off Venezuela, the Trump administration opted instead to capture an oil tanker.

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