A crude oil tanker waits its turn to be loaded with crude oil at Lake Maracaibo in Maracaibo, Zulia State, Venezuela on May 9. (Federico Parra/AFP/Getty Images)
The seizure comes days after President Donald Trump announced a "total and complete blockade" of sanctioned oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela on Tuesday.
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