U.S. military forces intercepted a second merchant ship in international waters near Venezuela on Saturday, according to two American officials familiar with the operation cited by the Associated Press. Other reports said the ship was an oil tanker.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security released this week a video lasting more than seven minutes showing the boarding and seizure of the supertanker M/T CENTURIES, flying the Panamanian flag and owned by a Chinese company,