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More Than 600,000 Gallons of Fuel Bound for Cuba Seized at U.S. Ports

The biodiesel, worth more than $2.8 million, was procured for a company sanctioned by the Treasury Department, federal officials said.

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The Trump administration began choking off fuel to Cuba in January after the capture of the Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, whose country provided the majority of Cuba’s fuel.
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Coast Guard Says It Stopped Ships Carrying Fuel to Cuba

The Coast Guard has intercepted two small boats it says were carrying illegal fuel to Cuba as the United States enforces a fuel blockade aimed at Cuba’s Communist government.

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“The high seas are not a sanctuary for lawlessness,” Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Kevin Lunday, said of the seizure of boats.
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