Army stop merchant vessel

US forces on Saturday stopped a second merchant vessel off the coast of Venezuela in international waters, two American officials told.  The tanker stopped voluntarily and allowed US forces to board it, one official said. The move comes days after President Donald Trump announced a “blockade” of all sanctioned oil tankers coming in and out of the South American country and follows the December 10 seizure by American forces of an oil tanker off Venezuela's coast. The officials were not authorised to discuss publicly the ongoing military operation and spoke on condition of anonymity. A crude oil tanker flying under the flag of Panama operates under the name and was recently spotted near the Venezuelan coast.