US forces intercepted and seized a sanctioned oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela on December 10, according to people familiar with the matter cited by Bloomberg in a report shared over the past 59 minutes ending at 7:45 p.m. UTC. The seizure aligns with US enforcement of sanctions against Venezuela, as reported by Bloomberg. Separately, US Air Force P-8A Poseidon aircraft BAT86 and BAT91 departed Willemstad, Curacao, en route to Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, avoiding Venezuela's Maiquetia Flight Information Region, according to flight tracking posts by @LatAmMilMVMTs during the reporting window from 6:46 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. UTC. A Wall Street Journal report, relayed by @Osint613 on X, stated Venezuelan opposition leader MarÃa Corina Machado fled by boat to Curacao on Tuesday with reported assistance from the Trump administration and Maduro regime elements to reach Norway for the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony. This follows US officials' prior confirmation of her escape to The Washington Post, as noted in a previous report. Additional US Air Force movements included C-17A RCH128 from Pope Army Airfield, USA, to Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, per @LatAmMilMVMTs. Copa Airlines canceled a flight to Caracas for Sunday, according to passenger @eliasacastro on X.
