The U.S. Coast Guard has seized another Venezuelan oil tanker in the Caribbean, marking the second such action this year.

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem announced the seizure on social media, sharing footage of the operation.

In a pre-dawn mission early on December 20, the U.S. Coast Guard, with the support of the Department of War, apprehended an oil tanker that had last docked in Venezuela.

The United States will continue its efforts to disrupt illicit movements of sanctioned oil used to fund narco terrorism in the region, according to government statements: “We will find you, and we will stop you.”

This seizure follows a previous action on December 10, when an elite U.S. Coast Guard tactical operations team, supported by U.S. Navy helicopters, boarded and seized The Skipper, a vessel sanctioned for involvement in illicit oil operations with Venezuela.

The move comes days after President Trump threatened to impose a blockade on all sanctioned oil tankers transiting through Venezuelan waters, escalating American pressure on the Maduro regime. In a recent social media post, Trump described Venezuela as “completely surrounded by the largest Armada ever assembled in the History of South America,” warning that it would “only get bigger” and deliver “a shock to them like nothing they have ever seen before.”

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has responded by asserting that his country will continue oil trade and that Trump’s “intention” is regime change. “This will just not happen, never, never, never — Venezuela will never be a colony of anything or anyone, never,” Maduro declared.