What we know about US interceptions of oil tankers in Venezuela

In an image provided by the Department of Homeland Security, a U.S. military helicopter flies over the Panama-flagged Centuries, which was intercepted on Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025, east of Barbados in the Caribbean Sea. The U.S. Coast Guard on Saturday tried to intercept an oil tanker linked to Venezuela that is now fleeing away from the Caribbean Sea, according to three U.S. officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive operation, days after President Donald Trump...