Trump's War With Cartels & Possibly Venezuela

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conduct maritime interdiction operations — through OPERATION SOUTHERN SPEAR — to dismantle illicit criminal networks. Violence, drugs, and chaos will not control the Western Hemisphere.

Source: breitbart.com
U.S. imposes sanctions on family and associates of Venezuela’s Maduro and his wife

• The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on family members and associates of Nicolás Maduro and his wife, as Washington ratchets up pressure on the Venezuelan president.
• The U.S. Treasury Department said in a statement that it had imposed sanctions on seven people it said were tied to Maduro and his wife. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent accused them of “propping up Nicolás Maduro’s rogue narcostate.”

Source: cbc.ca

 

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US steps up Venezuela blockade as more shadow fleet tankers are intercepted

UPDATE: US moves against three separate vessels signal intensification of Venezuela blockade that is now targeting both sanctioned and non-sanctioned shadow fleet tankers

www.lloydslist.com

 

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China Protests U.S. Seizures of Venezuela-Linked Tankers

China's government is voicing its opposition to the Trump administration's campaign of tanker seizures off the coast of Venezuela. The U.S. Coast Gua...

maritime-executive.com

 

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Coast Guard Pursuing Defiant ‘Bella 1’ Tanker as U.S. Blockade of Venezuela Runs Into Reality

The U.S. Coast Guard is waiting for additional forces to arrive before potentially attempting to board and seize a Venezuela-linked oil tanker it has been pursuing since Sunday, a U.S. official and a source familiar with the matter told Reuters.

gcaptain.com

 

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LA Times

Hiltzik: What does Trump have against Venezuela? His explanations keep changing​

President Trump's geopolitical ambitions have almost been harder to follow than his other policies, encompassing as they have the annexation of Greenland, the conversion of Canada into the 51st state and the retaking of the Panama Canal.

Trump's current focus is on Venezuela, which has been led by the dictator Nicolás Maduro since 2013. Trump's moves against Maduro have been more aggressive than those against any other foreign target. They've encompassed attacks on Venezuelan boats in the Caribbean purportedly carrying drugs destined for the U.S., tankers carrying oil to China and other countries ostensibly in violation of international sanctions and the threat of military action.

Yet what has remained murky is what Trump views as the chief rationale for these actions. Over time, he has blamed Maduro for encouraging the flow of immigrants, including criminals, to the U.S. and for flooding the U.S. with narcotics. Last week, via his TruthSocial online platform he demanded "the return to the United States of America all of the Oil, Land, and other Assets that they previously stole from us."

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https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/mar...ns-keep-changing/ar-AA1STghM?ocid=socialshare

 

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Free to read.

Trump’s Seizures of Oil Tankers Challenge Maritime Rules and Customs New York Times

 

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