In a daring pre-dawn move, the U.S. military seized the tanker Olina in the Caribbean Sea on Friday, January 9, 2026, marking the fifth such operation in a stepped-up effort to curb Venezuelan oil exports.
The operation, launched from the USS Gerald R. Ford by Marines and sailors of Joint Task Force Southern Spear, unfolded without incident in international waters east of the Caribbean, as confirmed by U.S. Southern Command on X, with coordination from the Department of Homeland Security and support from the Navy’s Amphibious Ready Group, including the USS Iwo Jima, USS San Antonio, and USS Fort Lauderdale.
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