This Video Does Not Show Venezuela Escorting Oil Tankers

The video dates back to July 2023 (X)

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Following the U.S. seizure of another vessel off Venezuela, social media users shared a video claiming that the country had ordered its navy to escort oil tankers, showing the Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela escorting ships carrying petroleum products as they departed the country.

The Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela escorting ships carrying petroleum products as they departed the country.

BREAKING; VENEZUELA has ordered its navy to escort oil tankers leaving port

Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela has begun escorting ships carrying petroleum products leaving the country, following the recent seizure of a sanctioned oil tanker in the Southern Caribbean by the United… pic.twitter.com/9NfGPJjyNp

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