US aircraft monitor tanker off Ireland in clampdown on Venezuelan oil

A dozen other ships are reportedly trying to evade Donald Trump’s naval blockade by turning off location beaconsA tanker is under US military surveillance 250 miles off the coast of Ireland while about a dozen vessels with Venezuelan oil are apparently trying to evade a naval blockade in the Caribbean.The ships, which are under US sanctions, turned off transmission signals that can be used to follow them after they sailed from Venezuela, according to TankerTrackers.com. The monitoring service said satellite images showed at least four left Venezuelan waters through a route north of Isla Margarita, the country’s largest island and a popular resort. Continue reading...