BOGOTÁ, COLOMBIA (By Ana Sanches, Energy Analytics Institute, 20.Jan.2026, Words: 116) — US military forces, in support of the Department of Homeland Security, apprehended motor vessel Sagitta and without incident.
“The apprehension of another tanker operating in defiance of president [Donald] Trump’s established quarantine of sanctioned vessels in the Caribbean demonstrates our resolve to ensure that the only oil leaving Venezuela will be oil that is coordinated properly and lawfully,” US Southern Command said on 20 Jan. 2026 in a post on social media.
EAI ANALYSIS: VENEZUELA, CHÁVEZ, SIEMBRA PETROLERA AND THE FAJA 315
EAI BRIEF: EXXON, CONOCOPHILLIPS AND CHÁVEZ’ NATIONALIZATION DECREE OF 2005
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By Ana Sanches reporting from Bogotá. © 1999-2026 Energy Analytics Institute (EAI). All Rights Reserved.
