US pursuing another tanker helping Venezuela skirt sanctions, says official

President Donald Trump arrives on Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport (Alex Brandon/AP)

The US coast guard was pursuing another sanctioned oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea as the Trump administration appeared to be intensifying its targeting of such vessels connected to the Venezuelan government.

The pursuit of the tanker on Sunday, which was confirmed by a US official briefed on the operation, comes after the US administration announced on Saturday it had seized a tanker for the second time in less than two weeks.