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The United States has seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker linked to Venezuela in the Atlantic Ocean, marking a major escalation in President Donald Trump’s effort to control oil flows in the Americas. According to U.S. officials, the tanker, known as the Marinera and previously called the Bella-One, had refused boarding in an earlier encounter and later switched to a Russian flag. Although the vessel was empty at the time of the seizure, U.S. authorities say it has been used to transport Venezuelan oil subject to American sanctions.

 U.S. campaignp targeting Venezuelan oil shipments. U.S. officials also confirmed the interception of another tanker, the Panama-flagged M Sophia, which was fully loaded with Venezuelan crude. That interception marked the fourth seizure of Venezuelan-linked oil shipments in recent weeks, underscoring intensified enforcement of U.S. sanctions