Kristi Noem

They will not hide under false claims of nationality.

U.S.

forces began taking control of sanctioned oil tankers a month ago to put pressure on Venezuela's government, and the practice has continued following the ouster of President Nicolas Maduro last Saturday.

Greg Myhre, NPR News, Washington.

We are warning anyone, if you think you can harm an individual, a citizen of the United States or a law enforcement officer, we will find you and bring you to justice.

If you lay a finger on one of our officers, we will catch you.

We will prosecute you and you will feel the full extent of the law.

The Secretary of Homeland Security, Kristi Noem,

said U.S.

Coast Guard forces boarded the tanker Olena in international waters east of the Caribbean Sea.

She said the vessel was on the U.S.

list of sanctioned oil tankers that often try to conceal their role in transporting oil from countries that include Venezuela, Russia, and Iran.

Noem wrote, quote, the ghost fleets will not outrun justice.

They will not hide under false claims of nationality.

U.S.

forces began taking control of sanctioned oil tankers a month ago to put pressure on Venezuela's government.

And the practice has continued following the ouster of President Nicolas Maduro last Saturday.

Greg Myhre, NPR News, Washington.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem says the ICE agent shot the Minneapolis woman, Renee Good, in self-defense and followed his training after she blocked federal officers with her SUV and disobeyed orders to get out of her vehicle.

The very same officer who was attacked today had previously been dragged by an anti-ICE rioter who had rammed him with a car and drug him back in June.