Satellite imagery from January 5 reveals four oil tankers—VESNA, AQUILA II, BERTHA, and VERONICA III—positioned at coordinates 12.22041°N -62.44715°W, 12.16781°N -62.61134°W, 12.23811°N -62.39127°W, and 12.20886°N -62.63083°W in the Caribbean Sea near Venezuela, according to an X post by @Nexus_osintx shared between 1:15 a.m. and 1:45 a.m. UTC on January 7. The positions were observed on January 5 satellite imagery, as stated in the post by the OSINT account during this 29-minute reporting window. This development follows President Donald J. Trump's announcement earlier between 12:45 a.m. and 1:15 a.m. UTC on January 7 that Venezuelan interim authorities will turn over 30 to 50 million barrels of sanctioned oil to the United States, per his X post shared by PeterDraft. Separately, Spanish journalist Alicia Landete shared a preview on X of an upcoming ABC report detailing how opposition leader María Corina Machado was boycotted by some of Trump's advisors, posted between 1:15 a.m. and 1:45 a.m. UTC on January 7.
