US Forces Board Second Sanctioned Oil Tanker in Indian Ocean

The US military boarded an oil tanker in the Indian Ocean after tracking the vessel for thousands of miles, saying it tried to circumvent President Donald Trump’s energy blockade in the Caribbean against sanctioned ships.

The Pentagon, in a post on X Sunday, said US forces conducted a “right-of-visit, maritime interdiction” on the Veronica III without incident. Video footage posted by the department appeared to show US soldiers boarding a helicopter and then positioning themselves aboard the tanker.

“We tracked it from the Caribbean to the Indian Ocean, closed the distance, and shut it down,” the department said, though ...