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has imposed on

around the country seeking to rein in any attempt to extract Venezuelan oil without U.S.

permission.

They want to be sure that the revenue that comes from the country eventually goes back into Venezuela, but also goes to support whatever costs the U.S.

may have incurred.

They are stressing also that the money from the sales of Venezuelan oil would go to U.S.

accounts first and then be funneled back into Venezuela.

U.S.

This would be a

perhaps the fourth or more seizure of a Venezuela bound or Venezuela departing tanker by U.S.

forces as a result of this blockade that the U.S.

has imposed around the country, seeking to rein in any attempt to extract Venezuelan oil without U.S.

permission.

and somehow providing support to the regime.