US forces seize oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea in pre-dawn mission

U.S. forces boarded an lipid tanker connected Friday successful a pre-dawn action, the U.S. Southern Command announced.

"In a pre-dawn action, Marines and Sailors from Joint Task Force Southern Spear, successful coordination with the Department of Homeland Security, launched from the USS Gerald R. Ford and apprehended Motor/Tanker Olina successful the Caribbean Sea without incident," the U.S. Southern Command wrote successful a station connected X. 

"Apprehensions similar this are backed by the afloat powerfulness of the U.S. Navy’s Amphibious Ready Group, including the acceptable and lethal platforms of the USS Iwo Jima, USS San Antonio, and USS Fort Lauderdale," the connection added. "The Department of War’s Operation Southern Spear is unwavering successful its ngo to support our homeland by ending illicit enactment and restoring information successful the Western Hemisphere."

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