American Warship Boards 'Aquila II' in Indo-Pacific Command Zone
The US Department of War announced this Monday that it intercepted an oil tanker in the Indian Ocean which, according to Washington, was violating restrictions imposed by President Donald Trump's government on crude oil transfers in the Caribbean affecting Venezuela and Cuba.

According to a post on X, the US Armed Forces conducted "a seamless inspection, maritime interdiction, and boarding of the Aquila II in the US Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM) area of responsibility."

Claim of Disregard for "Quarantine" Limits
The Department of War explains in the message that "the Aquila II was operating in defiance of the quarantine limits imposed by President Trump on sanctioned vessels in the Caribbean."

"It attempted to flee, but we pursued them. The Department of War tracked and pursued this vessel from the Caribbean to the Indian Ocean. No other nation on the planet has the capability to impose its will in any domain. By land, sea, or air, our Armed Forces will find them and bring them to justice. They will run out of fuel long before they can escape us," adds the statement.

Context of the Caribbean "Quarantine"
Since December 2025, the United States has been enforcing a maritime "quarantine" on sanctioned oil tankers entering or leaving Venezuela, as part of the so-called Operation Lanza del Sur, in which at least seven vessels have already been boarded or seized.

Trump himself, in turn, signed an executive order to punish with tariffs countries that send crude oil to Cuba—a pressure mechanism that is strangling the island.

The stated objective is to prevent the sale of Venezuelan oil outside channels authorized by Washington and to cut off revenue to networks considered allied with Russia, Iran, or Cuba itself.

"When the Department of War says quarantine, we mean it. Nothing will stop the Department of War from defending our homeland, not even in oceans on the other side of the world," insisted the official sources from their X account.