This is the moment daring US gun teams rappel from Seahawk helicopters to take control of a Venezuelan oil tanker.

Armed teams, from the US Coastguard and FBI marines, move quickly heading straight for the captain’s nest, where they point their assault rifles and force entry in the surprise operation.

Donald Trump has said the United States will keep the oil seized from the vessel off the coast of Venezuela amid heightened tensions with Caracas.

‘We’ve just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela, large tanker, very large, largest one ever, actually, and other things are happening,’ Trump said.

Asked what would happen with the oil, Trump said: ‘We keep it, I guess.’

It is the Trump administration’s latest push to increase pressure on President Nicolas Maduro, who has been charge

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