United States intercepts another oil tanker in the Indian Ocean

Helicopter flies over the oil tanker Veronica III, intercepted by the USA this Sunday (15) in the Indian Ocean Reproduction/US Department of War The US Department of War intercepted the oil tanker Veronica III this Sunday (15) in the Indian Ocean. The Panamanian-flagged ship was accused of defying the United States embargo for allegedly transporting Venezuelan oil. Last week, another oil tanker, Aquila II, was approached in the region, tried to escape and was intercepted. 📌 Context: In the maritime sector, the flag indicates the ship’s country of registration, which does not necessarily mean the place of origin of the cargo or the company responsible. “Overnight, U.S. forces conducted a right of visitation, maritime interdiction, and boarding of the Veronica III without incident in the INDOPACOM (U.S. Pacific Command) area of ​​responsibility,” the War Department wrote in a post on X. “We tracked the ship from the Caribbean to the Indian Ocean, closed the distance, and intercepted it,” it added. See the videos that are trending on g1 In X, the War Department repeated the threatening tone used in the last approach to a tanker. “The vessel attempted to defy President Trump’s quarantine — hoping to escape. No other nation has the reach, resilience or resolve to do so. International waters are no refuge. By land, air or sea, we will find you and bring justice. The Department of War will deny illicit actors and their proxies freedom of movement in the maritime domain,” the department wrote on social media. The ships intercepted since December 2025 are tankers used to transport crude oil, with a capacity of more than 300,000 tons, according to maritime tracking data and official US government information found by g1. Aerial view of the tanker Veronica III, approached by the US for transporting Venezuelan oil Reproduction/US Department of War North American soldiers on board the tanker Veronica III this Sunday (15) Reproduction/US Department of War

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