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The Venezuelan government is denouncing the U.S.
interception of a second oil tanker, saying it will take the issue to the UN Security Council.
US Coast Guard stopped the tanker Saturday.
MPR's Quill Lawrence reports on the escalation of the Trump administration's pressure on President Nicolas Maduro.
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem posted video on social media of a Coast Guard helicopter landing on the tanker centuries,
which she said was moving sanctioned oil.
The ship does not appear on the Treasury Department's public list of sanctioned oil tankers,
but the White House says it was carrying Venezuelan oil and falsely flagged as Panamanian.
President Trump declared a blockade on Venezuela's sanctioned oil,
which he claimed without explanation was stolen from the U.S.
A blockade is considered an act of war under international maritime law.
The U.S.
Navy currently has a fleet off the coast of Venezuela,