President Donald J. Trump is scheduled to make an announcement alongside Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and the Secretary of the Navy on Monday, according to the agenda released by the White House.
The announcement will take place at 4:30 p.m. in Palm Beach.
The topic of the announcement has not been disclosed, but it comes as the U.S. continues its military deployment in the Caribbean and Pacific to intercept sanctioned ships transporting oil from Venezuela.
On Sunday, it was revealed that the U.S. Coast Guard is “actively pursuing” a sanctioned vessel in international waters off the coast of Venezuela, according to NBC News, citing two U.S. officials with knowledge of the situation.
“It’s operating under a false flag and is subject to a judicial seizure order,” one of the officials stated.
The operation announced on Sunday is the third known intervention following Saturday’s seizure of the Skipper, another tanker flying the Panamanian flag, which, according to Washington, was transporting “sanctioned crude” as part of the Venezuelan “ghost fleet.”
Since August, the U.S. has maintained an extensive military presence as part of an anti-drug campaign, destroying around 30 suspected drug-related boats, resulting in nearly one hundred casualties among their crew members.
This story was translated from Spanish with the help of a generative artificial intelligence tool. An NBC digital editor reviewed the translation.
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